Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
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But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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It's our job as economic developers in the state to make sure any prospect receives all available incentives.
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As an HR Manager, you don't have to build a top-down perks program. You decide how much you want to invest in your employees, and then you give your employees the control to build a custom perk package for themselves.
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I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms.
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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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Nature is a divine art; it cannot be the artist. It is a dominical book and cannot be the scribe. It is an embroidery and cannot be the embroiderer. It is a register and cannot be the accountant. It is the law and cannot be the power.
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It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
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A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.
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As soon as chemists have a definite conception of the internal structure of the molecule of an organic compound, they are able to tackle the task of producing these substances by artificial methods, i.e. by synthesis, as we call it.
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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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I noticed in the front row a small, very pale, almost white man, old, tremendously alert, old in the only way I love old age, namely more alive for all the years, more attentive, more unrelenting, expectant and ready, as though he still had to make up his mind about most things and must not disregard anything.
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By blood a king, in heart a clown.
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Imagination comes of not having things.
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I know six years is a big break. But I never walked away from music. I never released an album because I wanted to do a different album, something I have never done before.
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I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.
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To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.
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When a life is at stake and it's your child, you become fearless in a lot of ways. I mean, you jut become fanatic. Nothing ever gets done unless it's done by a fanatic.
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Use all your hidden forces. Do not miss The purpose of this life, and do not wait For circumstance to mould or change your fate.
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Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
