Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.
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A new laboratory technique, positron emission tomography, uses radioactively labeled oxygen or glucose that essentially lights up specific and different areas of the brain being activated when a person speaks words or sees words or hears words, revealing the organic location for areas of behavioral malfunction.
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When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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Was sich thun lässt, so lange Philosophie und Poesie getrennt sind, ist gethan und vollendet. Also ist die Zeit nun da, beyde zu vereinigen.
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The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be.
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The general population still thinks HIV is something that came in the 80s and went away, or that it only affects the gay population or intravenous drug users.
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I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be so.
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I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.
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My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me an African name.
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My mum was never strict. I was allowed to go out to clubs underage, watch TV, listen to whatever music I wanted to, and that made me not rebel. I have never touched a drug in my life.
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I just know keeping track of what I'm doing and where I'm going is important to me.
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People expect me to be funnier.
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I've been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to 'Stand' in the mirror.
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And as for those who voted for me, I know there will be many whose pencils hovered for an instant before putting an X in my box and I will work flat out to repay and to justify your confidence.
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All portions of All That Is are constantly changing, enfolding, and unfolding. All That Is, seeking to know Itself, constantly creates new versions of Itself. For this seeking Itself is a creative activity and the core of all action.
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I have never been outed by anyone but myself!
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Growth is a stupid goal. So, by the way, is no-growth.
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Principals don't like surprises, but I like this one. Thank you for paying attention to those of us who had concerns.
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One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.
