Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
To me, the most amazing the most amazing transformation in my lifetime is not the revolution of the Sixties but the counter revolution of the Seventies, where they managed to put the cuckoo clock back together again
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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There is no doubt that the majority of Kansas Citians are happy with their three-terminal airport. I will advocate in Washington for our city to keep its unique airport as long as we want it.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.
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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
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I do not favor the gag order.
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Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
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Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.
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We live in a society where nothing is sacred.
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I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.
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Although I am a Christian, I am not even close to perfect.
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A truth discovered always seems so plain and simple that we wonder why the discovery was so long delayed.
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My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.
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We have Sunday morning breakfast before church. I don't do the dishes, but I do cook. I'm the griller.
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Harry, to Thelma, about Janet 'She never really figured out how the world is put together but she's still working at it.'
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Often on a journey of spiritual transformation, that is ultimately what heals the pain: the veil is removed from in front of our own eyes and we see where we had been thinking thoughts that would inevitably lead to pain. Until we change those thoughts, the pain will remain.
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
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'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the characters don't seem totally photo-real, as amazing as they are.
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To me, the most amazing the most amazing transformation in my lifetime is not the revolution of the Sixties but the counter revolution of the Seventies, where they managed to put the cuckoo clock back together again
