Bill Hicks Quotes
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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From regular, relative skydiving, I went on to freeflying. Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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If I give dollars to some charity, nobody cares. I mean, it helps the charity, but nobody cares. But if the Dodgers do the same thing, they bring more focus to issues, and that makes it better.
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The late 20th century had just enough communication abilities to allow superstar-ness and communality to happen. It was a musical renaissance that rivals the visual one that happened in the 1400s.
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Sometimes it's easier to attack the spouse than it is to attack the politician.
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People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say 'No' to you.
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I know where my heart is and I know that I can make people feel something with my music. I'm quite confident in what I am doing, so if I can also make a song that people want to put in ten times during a party and makes them happy, then I think that is also good. I feel that playfulness is something that has entered my life a lot more in the last couple of years. I'm not taking everything too seriously. I think that is something that comes with age - I hope. I feel that music is much more fun for me than it has ever been.
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When two or more people agree on an issue, I form on the other side.
