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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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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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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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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The movie I've seen a million times is 'Steel Magnolias,' directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts.
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As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.
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My feelings on homosexuality are unequivocal. I have absolutely no problem with it whatsoever. My only reservation is marriage.
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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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Way Down South in Dixie (Break the heart of me) They hung my black young lover To a cross roads tree.
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There will be many which will increase in their destruction.
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Health care in America, despite all you hear, still offers us citizens one of the most efficient and highest quality systems in the world. But it's expensive, and it's only getting worse.
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I told my parents when I was 12 I'd be a writer.
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Our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness, provided the madness is given us by divine gift.
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I try to keep my professional life and my actual kid social life separate.
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A lot of times when people get copied, they get copied and washed out. But you can't even duplicate how we do it because it's just so genuine. It's just us.
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I know this is a bit redundant, but it is really hard to explain just how loud Tiger Stadium is when you're standing on the field. The crowd is moving and swaying so much, and in so many directions, it makes the stands look blurry, like a pointillist painting.
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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.
