Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.
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I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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In my eyes, a patriot is little more than an international blackleg.
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At 500, our policy is 12 weeks of fully paid leave for all parents in the U.S. Parents can choose to take this leave consecutively or spread it out through the first 12 months after birth.
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I know there are those in the community who, rather than have us invest more in policing, even for community policing, instead want us to disinvest in the police department. We need a police department. We are going to have a police department.
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I don't have to announce all the women I've slept with.
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Sometimes, being different feels a lot like being alone. But with that being said, being true to that and being true to my standards and my way of doing things in my art and my music, everything that has made me feel very different... in the end, it has made me the happiest.
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I don't want reporters to talk to me because I'm a revolutionary and if it got out that I'm basically friendly with Obama it would hurt Obama.
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The overwhelming message of the Atonement is the perfect love the Savior has for each and all of us. It is a love which is full of mercy, patience, grace, equity, long-suffering, and, above all, forgiving.
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Curiosity did kill the cat, but I'm very curious.
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I like living on the edge.
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We need a strong farm bill that gives assistance to farmers during times of drought, creates markets for local goods, protects our environment, and helps struggling families bridge the gap between hard times and a full dinner table.
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I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.
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There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.
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It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere.
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Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it.
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So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.
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I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism.
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To grow old is sick. To deny this is hypocrite.
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The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.
