Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the archetype. They're more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue.

Terence McKenna

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• We persevere because we are preserved by our High Priest's intercession.

  

  R. C. Sproul
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• The only thing that prevented a father's love from faltering was the fact that there was in his possession a photograph of himself at the same early age, in which he, too, looked like a homicidal fried egg.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Age
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• You have to experiment and that's gonna help your confidence so much when you step out and try things.

  

  Zendaya
  • Help
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• And, speaking generally, passion seems not to be amenable to reason, but only to force.

  

  Aristotle
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• There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has been done us, we must strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people Let us recall that in former times no people lived in greater friendship with us than the ancestors of these Arabs.

  

  Albert Einstein
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• I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair.

  

  Merle Haggard
  • Love
  • Little
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• I really believe in the goodness of Canadians. The idea that everyone should be given an equal opportunity to succeed in this country and particularly for children.

  

  Cindy Blackstock
  • Believe
  • Canadians
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• They're in a little slump right now. That affects a lot of things. I've been in Sean's situation, and he's got his hands full for the rest of the year, just to keep his kids feeling confident in their abilities. He has to really work to keep the kids engaged, because he's got talent there. Those kids are gifted.

  

  Brad Soderberg
  • Kids
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  • Abilities

• For my money, I'll bet on reason and humanistic kindness. Even if I am wrong I will have enjoyed my life, the existence of which is under little dispute.

  

  Dan Barker
  • Reason
  • Religion
  • Existence

• Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.

  

  William Moulton Marston
  • Long
  • Girl
  • Force

• When the church encounters hardship, persecution, and suffering, then it is closest to its crucified Lord. Then there are fewer hypocrites and nominal believers among its members, and then the faith of Christians burns most intensely.

  

  Gene Veith
  • Christian
  • Suffering
  • Believer

• When you believe in God, you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God, He's the all-powerful God and He has total control over everyone's life. The Devil, on the other hand, is a real character that's trying his hardest to tear your life apart.

  

  Alice Cooper
  • Life
  • God
  • Believe

• The things I encounter that I call elves or gnomes, it's just a gloss. I mean, they're small, and they have the archetype. They're more like leprechauns, and this maybe raises a racial issue.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Encounters
  • Archetype
  • Gloss