Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
No one yet understands the mysterious intelligence within plants or the implications of the idea that nature communicates in a basic chemical language that is unconscious but profound. We do not yet understand how hallucinogens transform the message in the unconscious into revelations beheld by the conscious mind.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.
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Big Internet companies on average are capable of generating revenue of $1 million per employee, and that compares to 10 to 20 percent of that which is normally generated by traditional offline businesses of comparable size.
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The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
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All things are at odds when God lets a thinker loose on this planet.
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The neurosis of normality is a case of repetition compulsion caused by the repression of awareness.
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Let's grow old and die together. Let's do it now.
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That's one thing you Americans take for granted, you know? That you can grow up, you know, not so good circumstances, and you can move. Just because you are born in rural Arkansas, whatever, that doesn't define who you are.
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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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We don't want to be reminded that life ends at some point, so they don't put older people on the screen.
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Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.
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I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.
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I've been joking that 'On the Road' is the prequel to 'The Road.' I don't know if that's a very good joke.
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The biggest thing is we need to stop acting like racism don't exist.
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Oh, I'm a pretty bad poet. This has been corroborated by others.
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We are big composters. We compost everything - bread, tea bags, coffee grounds. I even dump out my old coffee in the garden. We keep a mixing bowl on the counter and just fill it up as the day goes along, then dump it in the mulch pile before dinner and wash it with the dinner dishes.
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At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wanting to go to sleep. Now I know that's normal, so I'll just get up and watch TV or something. I know it's just my subconscious mind getting ready for a game.
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You can become a Communist only when you enrich your mind with a knowledge of all the treasures created by mankind.
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Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language.
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In principio, dunque, era la noia, volgarmente chiamata caos. Iddio, annoiandosi della noia, creò la terra, il cielo, l'acqua, gli animali, le piante, Adamo ed Èva; i quali ultimi, annoiandosi a loro volta in paradiso, mangiarono il frutto proibito. Iddio si annoiò di loro e li cacciò dall'Eden.
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I’m sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn’t do, and I’ve hurt myself by hurting you.
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No one yet understands the mysterious intelligence within plants or the implications of the idea that nature communicates in a basic chemical language that is unconscious but profound. We do not yet understand how hallucinogens transform the message in the unconscious into revelations beheld by the conscious mind.
