Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
What we need to change is our minds, that's the part that's doing us dirt and dragging us under. How can we change our minds.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
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And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.
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When I pick my subcommittee chairmen, I look for people that understand what it's like to run successful businesses, who know what it's like to sign the front of the check instead of the back of the check: somebody that gets it.
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry teacher years ago, who said it would hinder my prospects.
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I'm too tough and sensitive to have to have some pubescent twerp with his mom's earring in his tongue, who combs his hair with Redi-Whip and has an Ani DiFranco tattoo on his shin, come show me how a computer works.
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I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we know the terrible humanitarian consequences from the use of even one weapon. As long as such weapons exist, so, too, will the risks of use and proliferation.
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People love to see reactions, they love to see emotions that come about.
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If I'm chartering in and out and flying home after I play, that doesn't make sense. But where we can bus, then we'll bring the family out and spend time with them during the day.
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I've always shied away from online data storage. I don't even use my employers' network drives for anything sensitive. I want to control access myself.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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Our Soviet writer must be guided in his world only by the need of the people, useful for the society.
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In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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The authorities will not stand aside while those with ill intent are herding a witting or unwitting mass of people and inciting them into actions that are inimical to public order, and the peace of mind of the national community.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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What we need to change is our minds, that's the part that's doing us dirt and dragging us under. How can we change our minds.
