Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The same organizational principles which called us forth into self-reflection have called forth self-reflection out of the planet itself. And the problem then is for us to suspect this, act on our suspicion, and be good detectives, and track down the spirit in its lair. And this is what shamans are doing. They are hunters of spirit.
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There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods.
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The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
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The first time I heard Adam Feeney and Chester Stone Hansen's 'Vibez,' it was used in Drake's '0-100' as a sample.
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I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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But it's not just a game of finding literary references.
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The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.
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Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.
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I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.
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I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with sunshine, there's got to be a little rain sometime.
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I really do not care what the white world is doing. I care about black people building the monument on slavery.
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It was the same thing in the army, no respect. They gave me a uniform that glowed in the dark.
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The Voice Chamber hatches a new and healthy experience of the vibrational universe
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There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life.
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The phases of fire are craving and satiety.
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Never in these long years have we offered any other prayer but this: Lord, grant to our people peace at home, and grant and preserve to them peace from the foreign foe!
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Working on camera, your face is your career. But I'm not really one to buy into the pressures. At the end of the day, the job I do, it's more about the art and craft of it. If you're good at what you do, there's a place for you in the industry, no matter what you or your skin look like.
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Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest.
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When the time came that His first-born, the Saviour, should come into the world and take a tabernacle, the Father came Himself and favoured that spirit with a tabernacle instead of letting any other man do it.
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The same organizational principles which called us forth into self-reflection have called forth self-reflection out of the planet itself. And the problem then is for us to suspect this, act on our suspicion, and be good detectives, and track down the spirit in its lair. And this is what shamans are doing. They are hunters of spirit.
