Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.
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I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and it affects the characters in a way that people can feel like they're part of the game and that they know these characters.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
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When I was 16 years old, I weighed 176 pounds.
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I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.
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I read a great deal as a child. A lot of children go through a phase of reading in a literally voracious way. It is their primary imaginative activity. Maybe that's an experience which is not so common any more with the presence of television in every home.
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For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.
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The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.
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God requires his people to shine as lights in the world. It is not merely the ministers who are required to do this, but every disciple of Christ. Their conversation should be heavenly.
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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I usually kept everybody at arm's distance.
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When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.
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After much thought and prayer, I have come to my own personal conclusion that we shouldn't tell people who they can love or who they can marry.
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Manic depressive people often have incredible energy and a slightly skewed, but nonetheless valid, way of looking at things.
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Apparently, I said what a lot of people are thinking and a lot of people have thanked me.
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The biggest boss has the clearest desk.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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I don't party, I don't get drunk and I don't have affairs. So all my passion goes into my work.
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Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.
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Why does mathematics describe nature. That's a deeper question than most.
