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We think in language. We think in words. Language is the landscape of thought.
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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With the proper training, I could've been an evil genius.
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Everyone smiles in the same language.
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Whereas your blackness, ethnicity, homosexuality is something that might be genetic, I can't touch that, and I have no right.
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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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Once the high priests and the traders took over, we were lost as a species.
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Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.
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I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad idea.
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What I hated most was seeing those priests and brothers getting so much pleasure out of inflicting pain. I wondered what was wrong with them.
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When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts. Germany lost the Second World War. Fascism won it. Believe me, my friend.
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I just try to find targets I feel something about and express it my way.
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