George Carlin Quotes
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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What I call my 'self' now is hardly a person at all. It's mainly a meeting place for various natural forces, desires, and fears, etcetera, some of which come from my ancestors, and some from my education, some perhaps from devils. The self you were really intended to be is something that lives not from nature but from God.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
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Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.
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When I started 'This American Life', one of the reactions I got was, 'When is the adult going to show up who will host the show?' At some point, people just got used to it.
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You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.
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People say I am the king of painful shoes.
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I'm not the best fly fisherman, but I can fly-fish, because I crack a whip. I learned to crack a whip as a boy... I have skills, mad skills.
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I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
