Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The psychedelic universe, whatever it is, is the major datum of experience. It's larger than this planet. Nobody knows how large it is. The further in you go the bigger it gets. We don't know what to make of something like that. It's the reverse of our expectations.

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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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The United States of America was formed to honor the word of God.
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To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are.
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There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.
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All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh.
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A treeCannot growIn its parents’ shadows.
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Bubbles! Oh come on Sharon! I'm fucking Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of fucking Darkness. Evil! Evil! What's fucking evil about a buttload of fucking bubbles!?
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Losers must have leave to speak.
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I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.
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Kids are really inspired to not just apply senses to robots and machines, but to try them on themselves.
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If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get the picture. Sometimes, all that needs pushing a little bit to help tell the story.
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I keep my hair curly and natural because I really just wanna show who I am.
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I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.
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My fans get passionate about certain songs.
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There is no well-trodden route to where I am, no formula to replicate.
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Dogs understand your moods and your thoughts, and if you are thinking unpleasant things about your dog, he will pick it up and be downhearted.
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Make me, o lord, thy spinning wheel complete, thy holy word thy distaff make for me.
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We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution.
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All religions begin with the cry Help.
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The psychedelic universe, whatever it is, is the major datum of experience. It's larger than this planet. Nobody knows how large it is. The further in you go the bigger it gets. We don't know what to make of something like that. It's the reverse of our expectations.