Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The whole of the Amazonian narcotic complex, as it's called in the old literature, is based on activation of DMT by one strategy or another.
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They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything except what the decree requires me to do.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.
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Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.
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There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them.
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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As a writer, Chris Columbus was a big influence. 'The Goonies' was the first movie I ever saw that kids speak normally and not imagined how kids would talk. Always a big fan of Chris Columbus' dialogue and storytelling.
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Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.
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I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.
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I don't have bad taste; I have no taste. I wear a lot of the things I wore in high school, but not the cowl-neck sweaters. I was never tall, and I am the same size, so I still wear a lot of those clothes.
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Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.
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I can feel your heartbeat, Where I lay my head ‘Cause you’ve got me Yeah you’ve got me
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Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But as the world, harmoniously confus'd, Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
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Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.
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Blue Moon,You knew just what I was there for,You heard me saying a prayer for,Someone I really could care for.
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Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.
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People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
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As an actor and as a performer, I've felt that the education system has really helped me in a lot of ways... there was always a teacher or a professor along the way that kept pushing me to the next stage.
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Just because you've faced your own mortality, it doesn't make it any less frightening.
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We are held up by the radical Muslims as the enemy. So every time we go into one of these countries to do - we think - the right thing, we become propaganda for this radical movement.
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Each of these [bacterial] species are masterpieces of evolution. Each has persisted for thousands to millions of years. Each is exquisitely adapted to the environment in which it lives, interlocked with other species to form ecosystems upon which our own lives depend in ways we have not begun even to imagine.
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The whole of the Amazonian narcotic complex, as it's called in the old literature, is based on activation of DMT by one strategy or another.
