Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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I've got my ideal job. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to bang drums and dress up, and someone pays me - it's incredible.
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I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction.
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I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I enjoyed my time in the WRAF. There were plenty of people at the airfields where I worked, and they were all very good company.
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
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I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.
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Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
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No, I try not to be a negative thinker.
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But more than anything I kind of pride myself in continuing the process that we're trying to accomplish, and that's just to get better and work on my fundamentals. So that's been kind of in the theme now for a couple years and we stuck with it and that's kind of what I want to keep doing.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God.
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Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
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Visit any bookshop in Europe, and the shelves are filled with English novels and non-fiction books in translation - while British bookshops stock mainly English and American works.
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I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.
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Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
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Keep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.
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Worry is not the symptom of a problematic life; it's the problem. Situations pass that make our life difficult, it's the worry that stay's with us that makes us ultimately unhappy.
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To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.
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Thinkers are not a welcome addition to most social situations.
