Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The smart people who are straight are involved in simply the media management of what has turned into a slow apocalypse, spreading starvation, exacerbated class differences, toxified agriculture, so forth and so on. I don't believe the Establishment thinks there are solutions. Their policy is basically the management of panic, which is hardly a forward moving approach to the adventure of human civilization.
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I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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I like being unconventional.
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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.
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Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, movies, museums, schools, etc.
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Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.
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Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.
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I don't write women who are weak or simpering.
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I love doing stunts.
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Growing up on a family farm, I know firsthand the challenges of running a small business... challenges that only seem to be growing for today's entrepreneurs.
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What am I doing as a filmmaker? What is the goal? To look for the unknown atmosphere that hasn't been described before. This is my only goal. Unknown images. Because if not, it's boring, no?
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As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.
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The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion.
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I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.
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For all three of us, the Caracalla concert was a major event in our lives. I hope I am not immodest to think it was also unforgettable for most of the people who were present.
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The smart people who are straight are involved in simply the media management of what has turned into a slow apocalypse, spreading starvation, exacerbated class differences, toxified agriculture, so forth and so on. I don't believe the Establishment thinks there are solutions. Their policy is basically the management of panic, which is hardly a forward moving approach to the adventure of human civilization.
