Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Ninety percent of the difficulty in your intellectual life would never have happened if you just had better taste.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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Whether people like it or not, China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe.
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I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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My main focus is to help people through music.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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This family at Barbour, they've made me feel very welcome.
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The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world.
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I do pop, so pop is very broad. It could be anything from the Weeknd to Taylor Swift to Beyonce to whatever is on the radio, basically.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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I would definitely want kids. Would they be dancers? I dunno. That's up to them. If they show interest, I will push them do the best. I was not brought up in a dancer's family. I was brought up in a family where the mentality was whatever you do, you gotta try to be the best at it.
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The usefulness of religion - the fact that it gives life meaning, that it makes people feel good - is not an argument for the truth of any religious doctrine. It's not an argument that it's reasonable to believe that Jesus really was born of a virgin or that the Bible is the perfect word of the creator of the universe.
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All I want to do is change the world.
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After an age of leaves and feathers someone dead thought of the mountain as money and cut the trees that were here and the wind and the rain at night. It is hard to say it.
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I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate.
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I think of death as some delightful journey that I shall take when all my tasks are done.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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I believe that sensory pleasure should take precedence over intellectual pleasure in art and architecture.
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The emphasis on personal responsibility is something we've had in black America from the get-go. Every major leader and intellectual worth her salt has advocated for black folk to better ourselves and push ourselves to the limits of our abilities and gifts. At the same time, we've got to focus on creating a society that recognizes our worth, regardless of race and other factors.
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So this is happiness, that journeyman.
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Ninety percent of the difficulty in your intellectual life would never have happened if you just had better taste.
