Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.
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To open yourself up and open your heart, it's a scary thing in life, let alone a movie.
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I tend to sleep in the nude... I'm a sensual-leaning woman. You have to use the word 'leaning' or it sounds like I'm boasting.
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If your business is really easy to do, don't gloat. You might be out of a job soon.
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Women are just so much tougher and more patient than men are - their capacity for empathy blows me away. And their capacity to deal with stress for long periods of time is also kind of awe inspiring.
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'Love Story' is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn't like him. All of them!
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I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page.
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How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?
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The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the light of the future, not of the present.
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There is no question that the Islamic State will be defeated in Mosul; the real question is what comes afterward. Can the post-Islamic State effort resolve the squabbling likely to arise over numerous issues and bring lasting stability to one of Iraq's most diverse and challenging provinces? Failure to do so could lead to ISIS 3.0.
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What has made America the wealthiest, most successful country on Earth historically has been our commitment to education.
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You push the button, we do the rest.
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We tend to think of racism as this interpersonal verbal or physical abuse, when in truth, that is only one way that racism manifests itself. The reality of contemporary racism is that it while it is ubiquitous, it is often invisible, subsequently making it more difficult to name and identify.
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The apocalypse is the millennium, and the psychedelics move you into the future.
