Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
It seems to me that right under the surface of human neurological organization is a mode shift of some sort that would make language beholdable.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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I am much more interested in the process than results.
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Individuals can stand up against genocide in Darfur and Iran's quest for nuclear weapons.
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I always direct next to the camera and watch my actors, and so you can see the small things that you can't see on the small screen but you can definitely see on the big screen.
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I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.
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I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
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Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.
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I live by a rulebook of eating alkaline - no meat, no dairy, no gluten, I try to stay away from sugar - but I'll cheat when I want to since I'm a bit of a foodie.
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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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I don't want to live my life to entertain other people. I have other things that I'd like to do.
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It certainly will be if you are still around.
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America's greatest strength has always been its hopeful vision of human progress.
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I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn't go to a big theater to see one until probably after I graduated from high school when I took myself to see 'Tommy' when it was on tour. I absolutely loved it.
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Miracles are experiences that take us by surprise.
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Music is international for me so it doesn’t matter the language.
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When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.
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It seems to me that right under the surface of human neurological organization is a mode shift of some sort that would make language beholdable.
