America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
JERRY GARCIAThe thing of being able to share somebody’s reality, which has so far been a matter of what communication is about, you know.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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The nature of what we’re doing is something, which is by its very nature, is non-formulaic.
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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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You don’t want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.
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What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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I have always had this basic biological question in terms of evolution, if the drive to evolution is to like survive.
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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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If you go into a complete, like a cyberspace model of some type, in which… you know the discussion about the mind and the interaction between the mind and the universe as a holographic phenomenon.
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We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
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And as far as I’m concerned, it’s like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.
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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
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If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
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You need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual.
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A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
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So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.
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