Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
It is curious that what these psychedelics do, on a scale of a community, is they release new ideas. . . . And that this is how culture moves forward. That culture is a phenomenon dependent on the generation of ideas, plans, notions, connections. So this is precisely what these compounds are doing.
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I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.
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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
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I'm really interested in playing my age.
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I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.
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I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen.
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I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical 'get up and go' attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city.
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When the children were very small, I worked in the morning only, and then gradually, as they spent full days at school, I could spend full days at work.
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In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit.
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I've got nothing to be ashamed of.
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I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.
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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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Every adverse development across the world affects the rest of the world in some way.
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We're seeing TV series that are as good as movies were in the '70s and '80s - shows like 'The Wire,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Breaking Bad.'
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Honestly, I never thought I'd actually be playing a teen lesbian. I didn't think it was going to go this far. But I'm glad that it did, because there have been a lot of fans who have expressed that they've been going through similar situations in their lives.
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I'm not frightened of a bit of silence.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Ironically, there is a history of black/Irish communion here in the states; Irish and African American brothers and sisters have often found common cause in fighting the bigotry both communities faced earlier in the 20th century. However, white skin privilege among the Irish separated them from blacks, who had no such advantage to fall back upon. The solution is to fight bigotry and racism wherever they appear, and to root out the forces of oppression as conscientiously as possible.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
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It is curious that what these psychedelics do, on a scale of a community, is they release new ideas. . . . And that this is how culture moves forward. That culture is a phenomenon dependent on the generation of ideas, plans, notions, connections. So this is precisely what these compounds are doing.
