Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
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U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.
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Before I got married, I dated the gamut.
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Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
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Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.
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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
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We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans.
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Most people, at a crisis, feel more loyalty to their nation than to their class.
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Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and furthered the race of men, are those who have made direct use of the book of the world.
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What I like to do is get the family in the pick-up truck... and then we just go for a drive. That's it!
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Sometimes I think I don't need a vacation because I do what I like to do. I am very fortunate!
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Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.
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Who among you will love something more than you love yourself, all right?
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I wouldn't want to be defined so much by comics or cartoons. My work is more narrative than that. If you take your basic cartoon, there's always a punchline or a joke at the end. My drawings don't depend on that so much.
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Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
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I think the real needs in the country are for cultural renewal.
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Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.
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If we could feel what we are doing to the Earth, we would stop immediately.
