Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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I don't like memoirs. I think they're self-serving, and people use them to settle scores, and I really tried not to do that. You have to have a really interesting life to justify memoir, and my life has been pretty ho-hum.
Sally Mann
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Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.
Sam Harris
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I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.
Nate Ruess
Fun.
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We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.
Barbara Jordan
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If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you love fashion, you love travel, you love art, you love music.
Carine Roitfeld
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There are moments when we are incapable of exchanging a single word with anybody…it’s beyond us…
Patrick Modiano
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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Plato
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A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.
Ali Smith
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Belief and work, knowledge and action are one and the same thing.
Paracelsus
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Out there things can happen, and frequently do, To people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don't worry, don't stew. Just go right along, you'll start happening too!
Dr. Seuss
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Leeks are normally given the job of flavouring other things, such as stocks and soups, but I find their creaminess and sweet, oniony flavour very satisfying.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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No one knows enough to worry.
Terence McKenna
