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We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life, not life to years.

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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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People get all upset about torture, but when you get right down to it, it's really a pretty good way of finding out something a person doesn't want you to know.
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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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There will be a rain dance Friday night, weather permitting!
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I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loath and despise the groups they identify or belong to.
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There is nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine ... been here 4 1/2 billion years. We've been here, what, a 100,000 years, maybe 200,000. And we've only been engaged in heavy industry a little over 200 years. 200 years versus 4 1/2 billion. And we have the conceit to think that somehow we're a threat? The planet isn't going away. We are.
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My advice: Just keep movin' straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place.
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As far as I'm concerned, humans have not yet come up with a belief that's worth believing.
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