Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The human imagination, in conjunction with technology, has become a force so potent that it really can no longer be unleashed on the surface of the planet with safety.
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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They hate whom they fear.
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During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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Owning great landmarks such as the Empire State Building or Trump Tower or the General Motors Building or the Plaza Hotel - there are certain just spectacular landmarks - it's an honor; it's really an honor.
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Of course there's some things that I would have liked to have... none of my friends growing up had their father in the house. None of 'em. We had uncles and stuff like that, but nobody had a father in the house, none of my friends.
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I see the Internet as the next big deal - I wanted to get in on it early on so I wouldn't get behind it all.
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Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course.
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In my opinion, the only real asset one has is one's reputation, right? I mean, any company and institution can go belly up at any time. But if you have a good reputation, you know, you can usually find somebody who can - who thinks they can use what you have to offer.
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If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month stamp.
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I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources.
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The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of the song.
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Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
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You don't know that you'll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet.
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It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it.
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People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.
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If chocolate is a foretaste of heaven, what does it mean that chocolate is freely available to all?
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He fouled out in the fourth quarter, and that's when I really started getting points. He was no more at fault than anyone.
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After doing some research with my agent, we found out Klipsch was an official Colts partner, and they were based in Indianapolis, which only added to my esteem for the company. I also have a passion for design and technology that developed while I was at Stanford and appreciate the quality of Klipsch's speakers and headphones.
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Writing was my real life and I was more at home with the people of my imagination than with the best I met in the objective world.
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The imagination is a place all by itself. A separate country. Now, you've heard of the French nation, the British nation. Well, this is the Imagi-nation. It's a wonderful place.
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The human imagination, in conjunction with technology, has become a force so potent that it really can no longer be unleashed on the surface of the planet with safety.
