Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Psychedelics are actually a kind of miraculous reality that can stand the test of objective examination.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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Nature is under control but not disturbed.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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Wittiness turns me on more than anything else.
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In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.
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George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just the way he lived his life, decorated his gardens and homes. He was a dear friend of mine. His entire approach to music was very unique.
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George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none.
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I remember seeing 'Gremlins' and having my mind blown and seeing 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' at 13, and it was this hugely aspirational experience.
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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It wasn't until I was an adult reader that I began to fathom the influence of fairy tales on writers I was in love with over the years, from Louisa May Alcott to Bernard Malamud to John Cheever to Anne Frank to Joy Williams.
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Over a hundred million Americans reject the findings of the Warren Commission, whose report at least ninety-nine out of a hundred have never read.
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I was lucky enough to go to an all-boys prep school in upstate New York that had a film program, so we had access to 16mm Bolex cameras, Nagra sound recorders, Arriflex cameras. We even had an Oxberry animation stand!
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Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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The constant attention is what is so difficult.
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I've just always loved books, and I love the idea that we're all just really made of stories. I do also like the idea that anyone can love books. Books don't care how educated you are or what you do for a living.
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When I was a little boy in Worcestershire reading history books I never thought I should have to interfere between a king and his mistress.
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The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
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Psychedelics are actually a kind of miraculous reality that can stand the test of objective examination.
