Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Apparently, in the Avesta classical period no one would have dreamed of having a spiritual experience without resort to drugs.
Terence McKenna
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
Naomi Watts
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It's tough when you have to be away. But I'm probably at home more than my dad was because he was working two or three jobs sometimes.
Forest Whitaker
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I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
Malcolm Boyd
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There are co-ed schools in Saudi, but those are American or British. My dad, of course, believed in the good old CBSE Indian school system and thus, my younger brother Ishmeet and I were put in an all-boys CBSE school. My mother could move out only if she wore a burkha.
Karan Singh Grover
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The Cistercians do not eat meat... Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon - though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs, and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows.
Walter Map
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Love is jealous, and ingenious in self-torture in proportion as it is pure and intense.
Victor Hugo
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I did not sell Amway, but I sold Shaklee, which was an Amway-type product sold through multi-level marketing.
Andy Kindler
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Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.
Leslie Fiedler
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I always say snowboarding saved my life. It gave me a reason to focus on the future; it gave me something to be passionate about.
Amy Purdy
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Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.
Daniel Kahneman
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I believe that if writers want their readers to care about a character, they have to care themselves. I have to root for a detective who screws up as much as Thorne does, who shares my birthday, my North London stomping ground, and my love of country music, both alt and cheesy.
Mark Billingham
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I love making music, but I also love making music that's on the radio. In some circles, that is considered less artistic. And I've always tried to resist those people that say the two can't exist at the same time.
Kristian Bush
Sugarland
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In England, there is this tradition of the upper classes going to very expensive drama schools and then going on having careers. I knew that wasn't an option for me. My mother would never have been able to afford that.
Kaya Scodelario
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We segregate men from women, and no matter how many times we insist that men and women are equal, men and women should be treated the same, when it comes to the moment of excretion, even the most modern society - especially the most modern society - segregates two restrooms with little icons outside the doors, one wearing a dress, one wearing pants.
W. J. T. Mitchell
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And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her.
Joanne Rowling
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Our youth must be steadfast and take advantage of the benefits of modern civilization. Do not fall prey to idleness for it shall be a curse to you and to succeeding generations. You must set yourselves us as examples of determination and hard work. Plan your time and use both your physical and mental powers purposefully and productively.
Haile Selassie
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A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
George Borrow
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Apparently, in the Avesta classical period no one would have dreamed of having a spiritual experience without resort to drugs.
Terence McKenna
