Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
I have a skeptical and cranky side, and I'm forever puzzled why people believe the, seeming to me, dumb things that they choose to believe.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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I'm not a revolutionary, and I'm not a warrior.
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One of the things I really learned from my first term is the importance of focusing. In that sense, it is a deliberate effort. What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
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The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
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Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'
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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.
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At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.
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All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
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I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.
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Metal music is the only art form that is totally dependent for its success on the idea that idiots buy cheap trash are getting ripped off.
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The moral precept to adopt...is: Judge, and be prepared to be judged.
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Schrödinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory, but a dodge - and a very good dodge too.
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When I was 6 years old, we were lighting firecrackers in the backyard and started a fire. My brother ran out and was pulling water from the creek and pouring it on the fire with a 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup.
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I'm great at working with people and collaborating. And if my biggest gift of all is that I'm really good at pulling things from people and helping them become better at what they're doing, I'm here, as I believe all of us are, to be of service.
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Here in South Korea, I'm continuing to learn English in order to boost my prospects. When North Korean defectors try to get a job to stabilize their lives, their lack of English is a handicap. It was the same story while I was living in China. It took an enormous amount of time and enthusiasm to learn Chinese.
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I've been parading around, leading people, being loud, since forever.
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When women cut themselves off from men, they sink backward into psychological and spiritual stagnancy.
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I have a skeptical and cranky side, and I'm forever puzzled why people believe the, seeming to me, dumb things that they choose to believe.
