Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The monkey body has carried us to this moment of release, but we are coming more and more to exist in a world made by the human imagination.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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By 2025, we can expect the world to be completely digital. Paper books will be a thing of the past. Education will be delivered through analytics-based assessment tools and adaptive learning platforms.
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I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
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I sent 'Hell or High Water' to Peter Berg, asking if he'd like to be involved.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.'
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HeyHey is my favourite app. It's like Instagram but for sound recordings, with little soundbites from people's days. We spend far too much time looking down at our phones, so it's nice to have your head up while you listen to what other people have uploaded.
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To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology represented the future's best hope; but to the media, the tech boom was yesterday's story.
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I can say with absolute certainty I do not cheat. I am not a magician.
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People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.
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I think the biggest insult, the worst way you can offend a Mexican, is to insult their mother. A mother is the most sacred thing in life.
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I think it's rare for anyone that a really accomplished, amazing director calls you up and says, 'I want to make a movie around you, and I want it to be this.'
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Showing 'Get Out' to a room full of strangers and having them react lets them be introspective and see the way certain images affect other people.
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The monkey body has carried us to this moment of release, but we are coming more and more to exist in a world made by the human imagination.
