Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
It seems to me far more likely that an advanced civilization would communicate inter dimensionally and telepathically.
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My brothers and I always did improv stuff in our basement with our friends; we're super nerds, and that was our way of spending a Friday night.
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I'm going to scream this from the mountain top, there's no such thing as 'a curry.' There's six kazillion different kinds of curry. When someone asks how to make chicken curry, I have to ask 'Which one?'
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It's not that we like sad movies that make us feel like, 'Oh, my God, what a bummer.' We like emotionally moving experiences. It's nothing new. It's catharsis. It goes back to the Greeks.
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Humans can make friends easily if they are open to it and are interested in other people.
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Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.
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In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.
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Mike [Mitchell] brought me on as co-director, and eventually we ended up sharing a brain. It was overwhelming initially when I was working with departments I hadn't had contact with before.
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Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.
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I needed a few more runs to get a world record myself - unfortunately these things happen.
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Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.
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When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer to a definite problem. For better or worse you have acted decisively. In a way, the next move is up to him.
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When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.
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You told me once that we shall be judged by our intentions, not by our accomplishments. I thought it a grand remark. But we must intend to accomplish - not sit intending on a chair.
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For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.
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A period film is a gift for a cinematographer.
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Civilization? I'll stay right here in the Congo!
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I'm not glorifying it at all, I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep.
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I'm more interested in the future than in the past, because the future is where I intend to live.
