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I, like all artists in Western cultures, am a shaman...come in the guise of a comic...to heal perception by using...'jokes'.

Bill Hicks

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Bill Hicks
Age: 32 †
Born: 1961
Born: December 16
Died: 1994
Died: February 26
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William Melvin Hicks
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I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.
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The definition of black irony is Pro-lifers killing Doctors who do abortions
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It's hard to have a relationship in this business...it's gonna take a very special woman...or a bunch of average ones.
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To me pornography is...spending all your money and not educating the people in America, but spending it instead on weapons.
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The waitress comes over to me like, 'What'chu readin' for?' I had never been asked that. Not 'What am I reading?' but 'What am I reading for?' Goddammit, you stumped me. Hmm, why do I read? I suppose I read for a lot of reasons, one of the main ones being so I don't end up being a... waffle waitress.
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Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the Weather.
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That's why I always recommend a psychedelic experience because it makes you realize that all you've learned is in fact just learned and not necessarily the truth.
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We killed 6 innocent people, launching 22, I think $3 million apiece missiles on Baghdad...that's a little bit overdoing it.
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I'm just skin covering coffee and some real nervous teeth.
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I was just down in Dallas, Texas...the Assassination Museum...it's really accurate, you know, 'cause Oswald's not in it.
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I've said all that I've had to say.
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Why is pot against the law? It wouldn't be because anyone can grow it, and therefore you can't make a profit off it, would it?
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Mummy, I woke today and there was a Lincoln Log in me sock drawer! ... That's the story of Jesus.
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A lotta Christians wear crosses 'round their necks do you think if Jesus comes back he ever wants to see another cross?
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You ever notice that everyone who believes in creationism looks really un-evolved?
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Our next Cold War ought to be with ourselves...After all, who poses the biggest danger to the American environment? We do.
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The CIA has a plot...they've used before to get rid of world leaders. Only problem...is convincing Hussein...to fly to Dallas.
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Right foot, left foot, hemorrhage.
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No one can give you any answers. There aren't any. You have to discover for yourself-you must learn to navigate the mystery.
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