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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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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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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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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I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well.
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I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films and different genres with different challenges.
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There's no doubt: The iPad is a beautiful, extremely well-designed device.
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A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.
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One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.
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'Everything, right now' is the notion that comes from the presence of images, which in effect get us used to seeing all in a single glance.
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To be a good mother - a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow.
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My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.
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I am not against working with Russia in areas of common interests at the same time. We're smart enough, or we should be smart enough to have a dual track policy. You know, walk and chew gum at the same time.
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If you feel that it diminishes your intelligence to be asked about your fashion choices for an evening on the red carpet, so be it.
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When you write a short story ... you had better know the ending first. The end of a story is only the end to the reader. To the writer, it's the beginning. If you don't know exactly where you're going every minute you're writing, you'll never get there - or anywhere.
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News is important information that may influence your investments. Noise is talk or buzz or some headline that prevents you from seeing a story clearly. News is useful. Noise is a distraction. Calling what's noise and news after the fact is easy.
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I am down-to-earth and not one of those starry, up-their-own-butt celebrities.
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If we could feel what we are doing to the Earth, we would stop immediately.
