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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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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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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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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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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And tiny vessels oozed into your neck And formed the bruises That you said you didn't want to fade But they did and so did I that day
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Every day the bucket a-go a well, one day the bottom a-go drop out.
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Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
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Turns out Picasso's passion for uncertainty, mystery, and the thrill of life never ended.
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I take policy seriously; I'm not just trying to be a political hack.
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There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.
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Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.
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Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my music in your body, or you don't.
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Life has been very hard on me, but, at the same time, it has taught me a great deal.
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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.
