Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
Orhan Pamuk
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
Rachel Kushner
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A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.
Van Morrison
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
Iris Chang
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
Harlan Coben
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
Dani Shapiro
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People who are lying are, understandably, more worried about being believed, so they work harder - too hard, as it were - at being believable.
Christopher Voss
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Data isn't information; information isn't knowledge; knowledge isn't wisdom.
Ian Lowe
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Congressman Bridenstine's legislative record and his own testimony during his nomination hearing show that he rejects NASA's role in earth science, adopts industry perspectives without critical analysis, and embraces extreme and divisive social views. NASA deserves better.
Brian Schatz
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The value of a scientific publication goes beyond this simple benefit, of all relevant information appearing, unambiguously, in one place. It's also a way to communicate your ideas to your scientific peers, and invite them to express an informed view.
Ben Goldacre
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It’s pretty simple, the ethical life. It’s just demanding.
Terence McKenna