Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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On my days off, I love denim cut off shorts with gladiator sandals and crop tops.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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A 501(c)3 can't lobby. A 501(c)3 can't invest in a company or build an industry. It may be that the only way to deal with climate change is to create an industry or build companies.
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On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.
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I love design.
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You know, I've always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end.
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Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.
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The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.
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My father always made an amazing meatloaf, and I've inherited his skill. Leftover meatloaf in a sandwich? Come on!
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When I'm studying English I love to watch 'Friends' or 'Nikita.'
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Evolving into a middle-aged person is quite interesting if we can understand what it means. I would like to think it meant being a bit sure of what I want.
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When there's not ten feet of snow on the ground, I ride my bike down the streets of New York, and I literally hear two things out of car windows as cabs pass by me: They either yell, 'Hey, dummy,' or 'Hey, Mayhem.'
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I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all great drama that there has to be comedy.
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John Mayer will be around forever, like the Eagles and Eric Clapton.
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The fifties were when people started coming down on 'juvenile delinquents,' 'hoodlums,' 'vandals'-anybody that was young, wore a motorcycle jacket, and didn't act polite around older people.
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You can't kill Rock 'n' Roll. It's here to stay.
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Preaching Christ's truth always bears fruit. Of course, some people will probably end up wanting to throw that fruit at you.
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'YHM' has broken many stereotypes on Indian television with its take on remarriage, infertility, and idea of marrying for the love for a child.
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The real danger of democracy is, that the classes which have the power under it will assume all the rights and reject all the duties-that is, that they will use the political power to plunder those-who-have.
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Staring at the world through the bottom of a glass, all I see is a man who's fading fast.
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The danger is in using psychedelic drugs, just to put it out there, is madness.
