Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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After watching me in a larger-than-life character in 'Magadheera,' the audiences didn't accept me as a college–going boy in 'Orange.'
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.
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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
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I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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Jackie Chan is a myth.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.
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Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
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'Floating Worlds,' which received a fair amount of attention when it was first published, deserves rediscovery.
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Rey's parents left her at 5, and we meet her when she's late teens or early 20s, and for someone to keep hopeful that there's a better life to come, I think, is astounding. Though she starts off alone, she very much finds her place in a group of people, and that's lovely.
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Just because the rest of the people in Hollywood don't do their stunts doesn't mean I don't.
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In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.
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I would go back to the past and watch one of the early Beatles shows, because they were such a massive part of cultural history. As a younger person, you feel you missed out on that.
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I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.
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The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
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Cultures are virtual realities made of language.
