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I don't have hobbies hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free.
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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I think we overrate ourselves in terms of our abilities and capacities. I mean, just because you can build a really swell bridge doesn't, to my way of thinking, mean that you're an advanced civilization.
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Ah, to be a bird. To fly the skies, sing my song, and best of all occasionally peck someone's eyes out.
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The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers.. but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice!
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Grass probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer.
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I was a hip kid. When I saw Bambi it was the midnight show.
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Does killing time damage eternity?
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There was a built-in audience for the rebel in me that had been all along not expressing himself.
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The rebellious mood of the country during those [60th] years allowed me to plug right back into my old hatreds. I could scream and holler, as I did on the albums, against religion, government, big business - all those assholes and their values. That hatred was very real.
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I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. [And] I want to be known for what I do best.
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There are an awful lot of things in the cut of street drugs that eventually make you sick. I reached a point where the skin around the edges of my fingernails used to hurt all the time. And it would peel away easily. Now, that must have been from some poison in the cut.
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Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
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I'm sure Hitler was great with his family.
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Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
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I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist. But I understand the word cynic has more than one meaning, and I see how I could be seen as cynical. George, you're cynical. Well, you know, they say if you scratch a cynic you find a disappointed idealist. And perhaps the flame still flickers a little, you know
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Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.
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