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All music is the blues. All of it.

George Carlin

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George Carlin
Age: 71 †
Born: 1937
Born: May 12
Died: 2008
Died: June 22
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George Denis Patrick Carlin
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One of the interesting things about outsidership is that underneath it there's a longing to belong. I just wish the thing I refused to belong to - the species, Western capital culture - was a little more respectable. My one true relaxation is my flotation tank, in which I can either meditate or just drift off.
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And now gay people want to get married... Haven't they suffered enough?
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Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
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The planet isn't going anywhere. We are.
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I did a lot of thinking, and used mental activity to relieve whatever feelings I had. I became very left-brained, and I was good in school. That is, I was a smart kid.
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Leftovers make you feel good twice. First, when you put it away, you feel thrifty and intelligent: 'I'm saving food!' Then a month later when blue hair is growing out of the ham, and you throw it away, you feel really intelligent: 'I'm saving my life!'
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Picture your grandmother in Hell, baking pies... without an oven.
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In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!
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Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.
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I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences.
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I believe you can joke about anything.
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Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
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If you live long enough, sooner or later everybody you know has cancer.
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The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.
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Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.
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Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
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When people asked me, Do you get high to go onstage? I could never understand the question. I mean, I'd been high since eight that morning. Going onstage had nothing to do with it.
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If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends.
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Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast.
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Life is a series of dogs.
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