Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
I believe that what makes the psychedelic experience so central is that it is a connection into a larger modality of organization on the planet, which is a fancy way of saying it connects you up to the mind of Nature Herself.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
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After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
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Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.
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I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.
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You're allowed to work hard and have good things and do good things.
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Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.
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Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.
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A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.
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I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.
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He looked around the landscape. Drenched in the golden haze of late afternoon it seemed wonderfully tranquil and beautiful, though permeated with a sense of remoteness and even melancholy, like a scene remembered from one’s youth.
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O Man, as long as you exist, know, have, and cherish, You have not been delivered, believe me, of your burden.
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Travel within thyself! The Stone Philosophers with wisest arts Have vainly sought, cannot be found By travelling in foreign parts.
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Puns are the highest form of literature.
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Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.
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When 'Joy Luck Club' came out, I kind of became a role model for the Asian acting community. I started to talk at colleges and emcee charity things. I'm much more connected to my sense of being Asian now.
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I like having the dough to come and go as I please.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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You look at me and see the girl,who lives inside the golden world,but don't believe, that's all there is to see,you'll never know the real me.
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You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator.
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I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.
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I believe that what makes the psychedelic experience so central is that it is a connection into a larger modality of organization on the planet, which is a fancy way of saying it connects you up to the mind of Nature Herself.
