If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in and drop out.

Timothy Leary

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Topic

Counterculture Resisting authority

Speaker

Timothy Leary

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Leary, Timothy. The Politics of Ecstasy. Ronin Publishing, 1990, ch. 21. Originally stated during a lecture, June 1966.

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A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Kenneth Tynan

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Topic
Critics

Author

Kenneth Tynan
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Tynan, Kenneth. Quoted in "Critic Kenneth Tynan Has Mellowed But Is Still England's Stingingest Gadfly." Written by Godfrey Smith. The New York Times, 9 Jan. 1966.