Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
We are an intelligent species caught in an historical process. No generation which proceeded us knew what was going on, and there is no reason to assume that we know what's going on or that the generation which follows us will know what's going on. And what kind of trip is it anyway to insist on knowing what's going on?
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I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.
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The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
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I did a few DJ gigs at empty clubs, sort of as a warm-up set before Flume was a thing. I did one when I got big enough, and I had five friends come down, and they were the only ones dancing. That was one of my earliest ones. I was super nervous.
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I'm not interested in celebrity.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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I'm quite an advocate of free trade.
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I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 - the area code, not the band - Mile High, until I die. I'm 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don't glove it. I think waxed mustaches run a very thin line between hipster and 1800s barkeep.
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The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry.
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It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just more sensitive, and there's a burden to that.
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I've always wanted to do a segment on a talk show. Jay Leno has been such a good friend, and if he would allow me, I'd have to get it all together, but I'd like to go on 'The Tonight Show' and do a set with no props. Or come out with a trunk and never touch it. Or come out with a clear trunk with nothing in it.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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One of the lies would make it out that nothing Ever presents itself before us twice. Where would we be at last if that were so? Our very life depends on everything's Recurring till we answer from within.
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We are an intelligent species caught in an historical process. No generation which proceeded us knew what was going on, and there is no reason to assume that we know what's going on or that the generation which follows us will know what's going on. And what kind of trip is it anyway to insist on knowing what's going on?
