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title: "8 Timothy Leary Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [It wasn't until after I'd been around Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley and Alan Watts, that I started to reflect about issues like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/it-wasn-t-until-after-i-d-been-around-timothy-leary-aldous-huxley-and/)

[Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/)

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> [You get the Timothy Leary you deserve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-lattin/you-get-the-timothy-leary-you-deserve/)

[Don Lattin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-lattin/)

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> [Fly his astral plane, take you trips around the bay, bring you back the same day, Timothy Leary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-moody-blues/fly-his-astral-plane-take-you-trips-around-the-bay-bring-you-back-the/)

[The Moody Blues](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-moody-blues/)

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> [ I knew \[Timothy\] Leary, but barely knew, didn't really know Jan \[Kerouac\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-knew-timothy-leary-but-barely-knew-didn-t-really-know-jan-kerouac/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked the Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary, but he couldn't help me either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-who/i-asked-bobby-dylan-i-asked-the-beatles-i-asked-timothy-leary-but-he/)

[The Who](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-who/)

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> [“Like it or not, we are all insectoid aliens burrowing within our urbaniod bodies. -- Timothy Leary”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/like-it-or-not-we-are-all-insectoid-aliens-burrowing-within-our/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Timothy Leary and I kept the same hours. He believed, as I do, that “After midnight, all things are possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/timothy-leary-and-i-kept-the-same-hours-he-believed-as-i-do-that/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [ I brought something back from those experiences \[with drugs\] which made me softer, open to other ideas. And I've learned from listening… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-rogan/i-brought-something-back-from-those-experiences-with-drugs-which-made/)

[Joe Rogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-rogan/)

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