Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Notice that the whole story of Eden is the story of the struggle over a woman's relationship to a psychoactive plant.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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Money? I lost all taste for it.
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I've always been able to sense the relationship between two people based on how one person says the other's name!
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I visited England immediately after I finished writing 'The Marrying Season,' before any editing or revisions.
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Credit expansion can bring about a temporary boom. But such a fictitious prosperity must end in a general depression of trade, a slump.
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We must never lose sight of the fact that the law has a moral foundation, and we must never fail to ask ourselves not only what the law is, but what the law should be.
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Although much remains obscure, and will long remain obscure, … I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.
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Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
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'No I'm not no loser, I'll see you in Hell.'
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I've been told that I wasn't Latino enough, which was code for 'street' enough.
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I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight.
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I think for larger-scale entrepreneurship, it's true - for men and women - that people who already have capital tend to do better.
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I was a teacher. I also worked at Harlem Children's Zone. I moved back to Baltimore and opened up an after-school, out-of-school program on the west side and then worked in two public school districts, in Baltimore and Minneapolis.
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When I see a white piece of paper, I feel I've got to draw. And drawing, for me, is the beginning of everything.
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The man I lived with is a Christian, so I would talk to him about it. What would this person do in the Bible? What's the story around this person? Generally, when people talk about characters in the Bible, there's one thing they're known for, like Job.
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There's an overemphasis on conservation and other idyllic energy sources that can be harmful in that it hampers new technology and innovation.
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Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.
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When you have people catering to you non-stop, you lose it. You need someone to kick you in the butt every now and then!
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If the theory turns out to be right, that will be tremendously thick and tasty icing on the cake.
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The worst thing about being in the public eye is that journalists write things that you can't control.
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When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, "This song ["Ordinary World"] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio]."
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Notice that the whole story of Eden is the story of the struggle over a woman's relationship to a psychoactive plant.
