Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The state in the matter of drugs should not, any more than in the matter of sex, act as the secret agent for the agenda of the church.
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When we manage a restaurant, we start making money from the first day. When we own a place, it's often five years before we earn the first penny that is clean of debt.
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The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.
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We are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... he has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.
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Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.
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I never desperately wanted to be a jazz drummer. If anything, I was motivated a lot by fear. Fear of the conductor, fear of the future.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.
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While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885.
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Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
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Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.
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It's very hard to find someone who's successful and dislikes what they do.
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In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation has been able to grow up with that.
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He who allows oppression shares the crime.
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The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.
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No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
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The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.
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If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments...?
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I consider myself a reasonable man. As such, I tend to expect others to behave with a modicum of reason and common sense. Especially those with power.
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Taking B12 is the price of getting to be vegan, the way wearing a helmet is the price of getting to ride a motorcycle and giving up alcohol for nine months is the price of getting to have a baby.
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If everything goes right, we get a good experience. If everything goes wrong, we get a good story.
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The state in the matter of drugs should not, any more than in the matter of sex, act as the secret agent for the agenda of the church.
