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Telling someone with depression to pull themselves together is about as useful as telling someone with cancer to just stop having cancer

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Ricky Gervais
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 25
Actor
Comedian
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Musician
Radio Personality
Screenwriter
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
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Be happy. It really annoys negative people.
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.
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Thank you God for making me an atheist.
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Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48. It's never too late. But do it now
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We shouldn't even need the word 'atheism'. If people didn't invent ridiculous imaginary gods, rational people wouldn't have to deny them.
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