Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The 'hard swallow' built into science is this business about the Big Bang. ... This is the notion that the universe, for no reason, sprang from nothing in a single instant. ... Notice that this is the limit test for credulity. . . . It's the limit case for likelihood.
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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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If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.
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I can paint in jail.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
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I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
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There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.
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Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he's speaking in his American dialect, he looks like he's a brother from the 'hood. But as soon as he brings out that English thing, I'm like, 'Woo! You look like you're from London. Oh my God!' It's like everything on him changes. He's so cool!
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
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My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city; he had no choice.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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It seems that the one thing that doesn't change is people's reaction to short-term conditions and their axiomatic ability to perpetuate them far into the future.
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If one could only say just once: 'this is clear', all would be saved.
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I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.
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Unearned suffering is redemptive.
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The 'hard swallow' built into science is this business about the Big Bang. ... This is the notion that the universe, for no reason, sprang from nothing in a single instant. ... Notice that this is the limit test for credulity. . . . It's the limit case for likelihood.
