Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
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My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
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I didn't have many girlfriends in my youth. I was an active young man, jumping from one girl to the next, but never with anyone for more than three or four months.
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
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I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.
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I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet.
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I make hit records. I make hit records to motivate the people.
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It's fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did.
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As a communication medium, social media is a critical tool for terror groups to exploit.
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Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.
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I find it an effort to keep up appearances.
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I think we all want to successfully push back the aging process, to deny the aging process. Who among us says, 'Yippee, I'm getting older'?
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The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
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My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon. They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.
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A country which has a population 99% as their faith in Islam can also be a country which are subscribing to the universal values of the E.U.
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I've got more low notes than I had when I started.
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I've got fabulous women friends that I kind of didn't have while I was married. I realized the great need for that when the marriage started to disintegrate.
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I'm drawn to the way Havaianas capture playfulness and light-heartedness in their products - there is clearly an element of fun.
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I know that language will be a crucial instrument, that I can overcome the stigma of my marginality, the weight of presumption against me, only if the reassuringly right sounds come out of my mouth.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone. I want to make people come alive.
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I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.
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The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.
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You know what, I'm stoned, and I'm proud.
