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It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached a certain point, but we're not moving any more.
Ken Kesey -
It's still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.
Ken Kesey
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People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.
Ken Kesey -
The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.
Ken Kesey -
You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.
Ken Kesey -
There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on the bus, and you get left behind, then you'll find it again. If you're off the bus in the first place - then it won't make a damn.
Ken Kesey -
The real crazies who are looking for a messiah... after an hour or so they realise I'm not it and go off and look somewhere else.
Ken Kesey -
Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second.
Ken Kesey
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You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.
Ken Kesey -
Nothing lasts.
Ken Kesey -
To hell with facts! We need stories!
Ken Kesey -
The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.
Ken Kesey -
God... your book is beautiful!
Ken Kesey -
Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire that's in your audience's eye.
Ken Kesey
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Along the western slopes of the Oregon Coastal Range . . . come look: the hysterical crashing of tributaries as they merge into the Wakonda Auga River . . .
Ken Kesey -
The Grateful Dead are faster than light drive.
Ken Kesey -
The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.
Ken Kesey -
You can't trust the quality any more...
Ken Kesey -
When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there as part of a rendezvous and a pow-wow.
Ken Kesey -
Alla you! Quit bugging me, goddammit!
Ken Kesey
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NEVER GIVE A INCH!
Ken Kesey -
LSD lets you in on something. When you're tripping, the idea of race disappears; the idea of sex disappears; you don't even know what species you are sometimes. And I don't know of anybody who hasn't come back from that being more humane, more thoughtful, more understanding.
Ken Kesey