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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I write out of my intellectual experience.
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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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It’s disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying.
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My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
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I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.
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I had always done these 3D things that you could walk through. They were always done off the seat of my pants without blueprints or course.
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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!
