If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous…

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

1966

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Counterculture Resisting authority

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Lecture

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1966

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Timothy Leary

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

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