Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
These religions that are so freighted with their own pomposity are no better than inspired guesses.

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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.
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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
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I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.
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The heart of Univision – and what we do – is here in Miami.
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These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.
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A good fight scene is really a good love scene.
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We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.
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I look at the NFL and see how the transition has gone at quarterback. I might be coming along at a good time. For me personally, this is about doing the same thing I've been doing at USF - just smile, have fun, enjoy the experience, keep a positive attitude and encourage my teammates. I like to feed off the people around me.
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When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.
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I used to go to Cold Stone Creamery, get a tub of Butterfinger ice cream, and eat it all before bedtime. And my fingers were permanently stained orange from Cheetos.
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When I met Dante I didn't work in the movies, but I enjoyed so much the movies. I worked in interior design and when I met Dante, we tried to do something together.
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And your work reflects a tradition that runs through our history - a belief that we’re greater together than we are on our own. And that’s what I’ve come here to talk about today.
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It is a funny view of the world that a book can cause riots.
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I wanted to write about school because most of my audience at the particular time was of a school element.
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I always try to follow my moral compass.
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I go jogging for 25 minutes every morning, even if I'm away from home.
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It's very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you're farther down the path of change than you really are because, frankly, most of us like the way things are.
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He's taking an inside view. He should forget about his own case and look for what happened in other cases.
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If I'm inspired to make a certain kind of song, I'm going to make that kind of song, no matter if it's what they know me as or think I am.
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Every day I am inspired by what's possible.
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These religions that are so freighted with their own pomposity are no better than inspired guesses.