The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.

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You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right...

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right...

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.

There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

To hell with facts! We need stories!

To hell with facts! We need stories!

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get...

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get...

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again,...

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again,...

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire...

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire...

The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.

The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we...

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we...