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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What you want to do is you want to own as little sort of hard infrastructure as possible, and your real value is your name and how you build that up.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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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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The Hungarian interest is that, if necessary, we should make loan agreements with the IMF on a regular basis.
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The fact is there are no stories I can tell my friends that will make them feel better. History cannot be erased, although we can soothe ourselves by speculating about it.
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The nice thing with Shakespeare from a modern point of view is that a lot of stuff that was tragic for him can read as comic for us.
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Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share.
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Taking a vote or poll is a great simple way to take a decision, but it doesn't help a group find consensus. It actually polarizes people and highlights the differences between them. People end up getting entrenched in their views.
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When two or more people agree on an issue, I form on the other side.
