Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place because it looked like a hi-tech playground with mats and a lot of things I can hang from.
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Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential.
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I think there needs to be modified penalties in training camp because there's severely modified compensation in training camp for all of us.
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I think, when I was 25, nobody in the world knew who I was.
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Everyone has some sort of connection to mental illness.
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I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy.
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'The Infinity War' is meant to be a culmination film. It's meant to join together all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe against an incredible universal threat - Thanos.
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When people ask what it's like to be an only child, I say it depends on who your parents are. I was lucky.
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I'm over the moon to be involved in the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special. I can't quite believe it as it's a part of the family tradition at the Jenkins household. I heard the news that I got the role on my 30th birthday and it was the best birthday present ever.
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Da'esh and Assad are not separate problems.
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Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans.
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Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.
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Short stories are not maybe the biggest deal in our culture anymore.
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American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.
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Without "ethical culture", there is no salvation for humanity.
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Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.
