Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Transformation of language through psychedelic drugs is a central factor of the evolution of the social matrix of the rest of the century.
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'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.
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Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full respect from us. Motherhood is one of the most challenging and creative jobs anyone can do. The goal is to remake the world so that our choices are not so stark.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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I'd love to do a movie like 'Bullitt.'
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant - I don't know if that's the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.
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I can never find a movie I want to watch, even though I've got hundreds to choose from.
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I have carried the burden of my dad's image since day one. They never see me as just another guy trying to make his career in the film industry. I am always 'Megastar' Chiranjeevi's son first, and Ram Charan only later.
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I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
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I was in the streets at eight, nine years old.
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I played football. I wrestled. Those were team sports and I played for the school. When I was younger, I played kick the can and stuff like that. I loved that.
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Most people care what people think about them... we all do.
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I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years.
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I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through.
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I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else.
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I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.
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Under certain social circumstances, which may have varied from time to time and place to place, certain people (shamans) saw a relationship between the small, three-dimensional, projected mental images that they experienced at the far end of the intensified spectrum and fragments of animals that lay around their hearths.
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What must the English and French think of the language of our philosophers when we Germans do not understand it ourselves?
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Once you are hooked, smoking is harder to quit then heroin.
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Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.
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Transformation of language through psychedelic drugs is a central factor of the evolution of the social matrix of the rest of the century.
