Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Because the planetary culture is becoming ever more closely knitted together all its parts are becoming co-dependent.
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While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
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I don't like reality shows and have never watched them, but I'm addicted to 'Real Housewives' because it's authentic old-time soap opera reborn!
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I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.
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Ma 'l populo facea come i più fanno,Ch'ubbidiscon più a quei che più in odio hanno.
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A fiancé is neither this nor that: he’s left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
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I tried Botox, but I don't want to be hooked on that stuff.
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Civilizations may clash, but they surely fall if robbed of light from above. It could come from the 1 percent or the 99%, but a guiding light is needed to keep the United States from becoming the rubble of past great civilizations.
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Every week in a small town is very different. Something is going on.
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I'd like to do a kind of 'Sunday Night At The Palladium'-style variety show on the BBC.
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Sometimes things can be a guilty pleasure, but with 'Idol,' everyone talks about it like it's a real thing; they argue over who's gonna win... There's no laughing at it.
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If you go back to 2001, the market had two violent short covering rallies then, although I know the market didn't officially get going until March 2003.
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The U.S. is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his or her father. Today an American child can reasonably expect not to. Fatherlessness is now approaching a rough parity with fatherhood as a defining feature of American childhood.
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I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.
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My grandmother influenced me so deeply.
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Because the planetary culture is becoming ever more closely knitted together all its parts are becoming co-dependent.
