Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Niagaras of beauty are flowing by untapped by ordinary consciousness. . . . Would that we could send robots who could film these psychedelic realities. . . . The presence of so much beauty is an argument to me that truth cannot be far away.
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I am a Buddhist.
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Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
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All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
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You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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We had to get on food stamps for a short period of time, so I understand the need for those.
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Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter.
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Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.
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To many Americans, whose only knowledge of the North Star State is that it is intensely cold and populated by Swedes and Holsteins, it will come as a surprise to wake up one morning in 2004 and read in the newspaper, 'Half of U.S. Economy Now in Hands of Minnesota'.
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His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.
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Katy Perry's politics I could probably do without, though I have friends who have interacted with her that say she's very nice.
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California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.
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Fame can be very dangerous, because you can start to enjoy that part of it. And that's not the good part of what I do for a living. The good part is the making of films. The unpleasant part is the fame part, if you're not careful.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.
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Niagaras of beauty are flowing by untapped by ordinary consciousness. . . . Would that we could send robots who could film these psychedelic realities. . . . The presence of so much beauty is an argument to me that truth cannot be far away.
