Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.
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We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought.
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I'm living in Los Angeles for a couple of years. I've been a gypsy for quite a while. It'll come to an end. I'm going to come back to New York.
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There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.
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A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.
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Above all have respect for yourself.
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Growing up means :propelling yourself forward into whatever lies ahead, one turn of the wheel at a time.
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If you take a picture of a human that does not make him noble, there is no reason to take this picture... “If you take a picture of a human that does not make him noble, there is no reason to take this picture. That is my way of seeing things.
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Man reaches each stage of his life as a novice.
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The Hitler movement is a stampede. It is something beyond reason, like a pulse beating, like a rush of blood to the head, like the sap rising from the twisted roots of a family tree. ... in many ways it is the most remarkable upheaval of our time, perhaps the most momentous.
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I don't think anything predated Christians.
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The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for corporations and politicians are for politicians.
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Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.
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People see everything through the lens of their obsessions.
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I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she'll forward it to me. She's like my little Internet filter. It's always nice to see something going up; if I want to find something on Nathan Fillion, I do know where to look, but I've got a nice little delivery system in my mom.
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I don't need headlines. For me, it's the truth that matters.
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Despite his deeply-held ideology, Reagan was willing to talk to Gorbachev. He willing to do business with him. We should realize that engaging with adversaries is often one of our great strengths. As long as we use the engagement to stand up for the things we care about, there is no harm in talking.
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In more than half the nations of our world, torture certifies that the form of government is tyranny. Only tyranny, no matter how camouflaged, needs and employs torturers. Torture has no ideology.
