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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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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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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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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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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Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder.
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I'm not a natural runner. I'm friends with Ellie Goulding, and she'll be like, 'I've just done a 10K run' and I'm like: 'Why would you do that? How do you just do that?' But I will do that. I will do it.
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There is only one person in the State Department that can sign off on State Department personnel being in a facility that doesn't meet security standards, and it's the secretary of state.
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I love princesses. And I think Cinderella is very strong. She's a young woman thinking outside of her environment, outside of her current situation, and she is choosing to believe that all is possible for her. And I think that is so admirable.
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Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
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I had always had a dream to open up a boutique of some sort.
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By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things.
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I'm not good at finding 'encouraging' features in American culture. I doubt that aesthetic literacy has much of a future here.
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I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly.
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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.
