Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Liberate yourself from the illusion of culture. Take responsibility for what you think and what you do.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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If you say you are the Safe Food Foundation, that means you're implying that your food is safer or that every other bit of food that we're eating is not safe. If they were a really honest foundation, they would call themselves the anti-GM foundation.
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If it's not 100 per cent pure maple syrup, it can't be called 'pure maple syrup.'
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
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For me, it is important to pick up characters which I can relate to. Or I recall an incident in my life or tap into my innermost emotions and try to bring that reality on to the screen.
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We are a democracy, and we get the leaders we deserve because we elect them.
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I look in music magazines now and see things on Luther Allison, and my name's getting out there more, thanks to all the good people at Alligator Records and at my management company.
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I love moving. I love new houses. I'm always looking for somewhere else.
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My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon.
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I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
Strong communities are built around local, real food. Food we trust to nourish our bodies, the farmer and planet.
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I find it significant that, even though contemporary philosophy tends towards forms of determinism, in the wider culture people are deeply into naming, shaming and blaming each other. So we haven't lost that sense of conscience.
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Whatever their age, most men have never received true fathering.
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Phillip Noyce was not just good to me but an inspiration to me.
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Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.
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When you are Uber, what we care about is the customer experience of getting somebody safely, cheaply, efficiently and reliably from where they are to where they want to go.
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The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going.
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I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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Whenever you're feeling moments of discomfort, that means true change is happening for you.
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It's a wonderful thing, the D.T.'s. You can travel the world in a couple of hours. You see some mighty funny and curious things that come in assorted colors.
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Liberate yourself from the illusion of culture. Take responsibility for what you think and what you do.
