Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Ecstasy is a complex emotion containing elements of joy, fear, terror, triumph, surrender, and empathy. What has replaced our prehistoric understanding of this complex of ecstasy now is the word comfort, a tremendously bloodless notion. Drugs are not comfortable, and anyone who thinks they are comfortable or even escapist should not toy with drugs unless they’re willing to get their noses rubbed in their own stuff.
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If you're a sponsor, and you're doing business globally, to bring your guests to South Florida is pretty nice.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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Race differences show up early in life.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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I'm not a geek about equipment, I just know what I like.
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At the simplest level, economics can better show us the consequences of our actions. Less simple are cases in which we don't have the knowledge to predict the full consequences. Global warming and climate change are examples.
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I have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently.
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For me, a great fantasy is real people, a world I recognise, human struggle and magic. You've got to have magic to make a fantasy work. But I like my magic to be subtle. I don't want magic coming out of the hands of wizards. I want it to be pervading, sinister somehow.
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Yes, I do come with certain reservations, and I'm not OK with certain things, but rather than focusing on what I don't want to do, I focus on what I do want to do, and I bring that energy, and that happens.
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I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.
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Being able to laugh is sexy in a man or woman.
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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
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Who wants to go beyond the Bojador Must go beyond pain.
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Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine.
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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed.
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I manage to blast through the ridiculous liberal bias of the media and speak right to the hearts of the people - or at least I try.
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The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.
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By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain the swamp in which diseased emotions breed.
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Ecstasy is a complex emotion containing elements of joy, fear, terror, triumph, surrender, and empathy. What has replaced our prehistoric understanding of this complex of ecstasy now is the word comfort, a tremendously bloodless notion. Drugs are not comfortable, and anyone who thinks they are comfortable or even escapist should not toy with drugs unless they’re willing to get their noses rubbed in their own stuff.
