Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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I'm not really a food connoisseur.
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We all know him: everybody has an Archie Bunker in their family, so you love to laugh at him, and you never take it personally; everybody just has a ball laughing at him.
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India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.
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Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
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Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
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Insurance companies require a DSM diagnosis for reimbursement, until recently all research funding was based on DSM diagnoses, and academic programs are organized around DSM categories.
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When I think about putting together an album, the process of listening to hundreds of songs each time and picking out the best 10 or so that will go on the record, it really sinks in as to just how many songs I've listened to all these years.
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I had two ACL injuries in my life, and both of them happened when I was training with bigger guys; a heavyweight and a light heavyweight. Sometimes it's not even because the guy is good, you just get hurt.
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In earlier times artists liked to show what was actually visible... nowadays we are concerned with reality, rather than the merely visible.
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The leading edge of reality is mind, and mind is the primary substratum of being.
