Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
I'm meeting my obligations, somehow, always have, without ever truly working, without ever putting my shoulder to the wheel for the man. Of course I had to deal dope to do this!
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I'm not a machista that tells his girl what she has to put on. I let her be herself.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited.
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I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture?
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I am in love with my La Cornue custom-made stove - it's a dream to use and my favourite part of the kitchen.
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You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.
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If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.
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Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could.
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No matter who you are, no matter what your culture is, it is absolutely possible to look out and extend yourself in such a way, that you can connect to other people and find that we are more alike than we are different.
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The bigger your head, the easier to fill your shoes.
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If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble, sweep streets as Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he's become a different person.
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Talking about Korea, it has pretty high capital ratios at banks and maintains a good credit rating.
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The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.
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Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.
