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I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.

Jerry Garcia

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Jerry Garcia
Age: 53 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 1
Died: 1995
Died: August 9
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If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will.
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We've been trying to sell out for years, nobody's buying!
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It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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The real problems are cultural. The problems of the people who take drugs as a cultural trap - I think there's a real problem there, the crack stuff, the hopelessness of the junkie. The urban angst.
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One of the things that's attractive about cyberspace is that it can be construed as no threat. If you see it through the video game keyhole, the amusement keyhole, the entertainment keyhole, it is no threat. If you see it through the LSD keyhole, the consciousness-expanding keyhole, it's like electronic drugs: it is a threat.
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