Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Science is the exploration of the experience of nature without psychedelics. And I propose, therefore, to expand that enterprise and say that we need a science beyond science. We need a science which plays with a full deck.
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It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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My 93-year-old grandma is a beautiful example of healthy living. She laughs a lot and always says, 'Just be yourself!' She also eats dessert every single day.
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
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I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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A whole series of events pushed me towards meditation, and now it's become such an integral part of the way I manage myself. It's a tool for me; when you're an entrepreneur, and you're pulled in every direction, it is wonderful to have this discipline.
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I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.
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I do a lot of working out, but I haven't been kicking for a while, so one time I was rehearsing a spinning roundhouse and darned near threw out my leg.
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A lot of cable television is shot on a single camera. Our eyes are more trained to that. It takes the camera off the crane, away from observing the action, to becoming a character in the story along with everyone else. People are getting used to that.
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I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!
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I enjoy being in Toronto - there's lots of energy, lots of neat different neighbourhoods - but Vancouver is still home and always will be. I miss going for walks on the ocean with beautiful mountains.
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I never thought of myself as a comedian. That is a label – make me laugh. I want to make you think.
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There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.
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I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.
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My dad has a huge vinyl collection downstairs, but I was never too interested. The only CD I had was by Adam Sandler.
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You really don't do anything else in your life; it's a very little bubble that you grow up in. And you have to live in that bubble because of the intensity of the sport.
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I don't know why people enjoy what I do. I play piano and sing a few songs - and that's about as exciting as I want it to get. The people who come to my shows will have to bring a good book!
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If people had no fear, you'd hardly need to have to teach them. It's the fear that screws everything up.
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Science is the exploration of the experience of nature without psychedelics. And I propose, therefore, to expand that enterprise and say that we need a science beyond science. We need a science which plays with a full deck.
