Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
I think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind of culture you build, what kind of art, what kind of technologies... What's lacking in the Western mind is the sense of connectivity and relatedness to the rest of life, the atmosphere, the ecosystem, the past, our children's future. If we were feeling those things we would not be practicing culture as we are.Terence McKenna
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
Karl Pilkington -
In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.
Barack Obama -
People don't understand that the feel of the surface is so important for a footballer. The ball travels on the surface; our feet move on the surface - all of that goes into how the game is actually played.
Abby Wambach -
I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
Vikram Seth -
Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
Ferdinand Mount -
I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
Taylor Swift
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I take my work seriously.
Daniel Craig -
You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.
Gabriel Iglesias -
It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.
Ha-Joon Chang -
I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
T. C. Boyle -
In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
Yami Gautam
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A person's portrayal on TV isn't always how someone is.
Sabrina Lloyd -
Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
Tabitha King -
There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
Valentino Garavani -
Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.
Oliver Cromwell -
And through it all, calm and impassive, leaning on his elbow and gazing down, Wolf Larsen seemed lost in a great curiosity. This wild stirring of yeasty life, this terrific revolt and defiance of matter that moved, perplexed and interested him.
Jack London -
κρεῖσσον γὰρ εἰσάπαξ θανεῖνἢ τὰς ἁπάσας ἡμέρας πάσχειν κακῶς.
Aeschylus
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Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.
Marilyn vos Savant -
We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.
S. E. Hinton -
My idea is that artists should make their music available for free, and fans should only pay for it if they really like it.
Kim Dotcom -
My dad has been playing guitar basically all his life. He's sort of who got me into rock music.
Dylan Minnette -
The window of X Factor opportunity opens up in the closing seconds of a race-you might be sprinting at the time or just hanging one, trying to get across the finish line. With a supreme act of will, you can prolong your effort, essentially fighting off the inevitable lactic acid shutdown. You'll have little time for contemplating the options: either wholeheartedly go for it, or back off. You must train your X Factor to unequivocally respond the way you want-go for it. Once the window is closed, it's closed forever.
Brad Alan Lewis -
I think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind of culture you build, what kind of art, what kind of technologies... What's lacking in the Western mind is the sense of connectivity and relatedness to the rest of life, the atmosphere, the ecosystem, the past, our children's future. If we were feeling those things we would not be practicing culture as we are.
Terence McKenna