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Terence McKenna Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
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"To contact the cosmic giggle, to have the flow of casuistry begin to give off synchronistic ripples, whitecaps in the billows of the coincidental ether, if you will. To achieve that, a precondition is a kind of unconsciousness, a kind of drifting, a certain taking-your-eye-off-the-ball, a certain assumptions that things are simpler than they are, almost always precedes what Mircea Eliade called ‘the rupture of plane’ that indicates that there is an archetypal world, an archetypal power behind profane appearances."

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John Brown Abolitionist, Military Leader
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"I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out."

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Carson Palmer Football Player
Balls

"The one place where I can relax is on the golf course with my teammates and buddies, assuming I'm hitting the golf ball well. If I'm not, well, that is another story."

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Bill Hicks Comedian, Writer
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"I've had seven balls of light come off a UFO...explain to me telepathically we are all one and there's no such thing as death."

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Damian Lewis Actor
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"A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open."

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"The bowler approached the wicket at a lope, a trot, and then a run. He suddenly exploded in a flurry of arms and legs, out of which flew a ball."

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Tracy Austin Tennis Player
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"My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball."

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