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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'.

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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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It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom.
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I don't identify with anyone historically, but there are several people in the future who I am a dead ringer for.
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You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on.
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Dinosaur fossils were placed in rocks by prankster God just to make human beings think the world is older than it is.
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While I've found many of the religious shows I've viewed over the years not to be to my liking, or in line with my own beliefs, I've never considered it my place to exert any greater type of censorship than changing the channel, or better yet - turning off the TV completely.
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I've had good times on drugs...bad times on drugs...But I've had good and bad relationships...and I'm not giving up pussy.
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People in the U.K. share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself. They have a sense of irony, which America doesn't have, seeing as it's being run by fundamentalists who take things literally.
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People tell me, 'Bill, let it go. The Kennedy assassination was years ago. It was just the assassination of a President and the hijacking of our government by a totalitarian regime - who cares? Just let it go.' I say, 'All right then. That whole Jesus thing? Let it go! It was 2,000 years ago! Who cares?'
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I can't believe a war against drugs when they have anti-drug commercials on TV all day long followed by This Bud is for you.
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People say to me, Hey, Bill, the war made us feel better about ourselves. Really? What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves? May I suggest, instead of a war to feel better about yourself, perhaps... sit-ups? Maybe a fruit cup? Eight glasses of water a day?
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I find it ironic that people who are against things that cause sexual thoughts are generally fundamentalist Christians who also believe you should be fruitful and multiply.
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'Where's Bill going?' He's going to comedy death. Boom! He pops out of it with another joke. It's my particular style.
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I'm just skin covering coffee and some real nervous teeth.
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If ur going to have a war on drugs, have them against ALL drugs, including alcohol, the number one offender.
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I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.
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Pornography is any act that has no artistic merit and causes sexual thoughts...Sounds like almost every commercial on TV to me.
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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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The definition of black irony is Pro-lifers killing Doctors who do abortions
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In the beginning God created the heavans and the earth... see you at the final.
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I believe it is our own misperceptions of who we really are that leads to every self-created hell you'll find in this world.
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