George Carlin Quotes
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably – small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it's a huge deal.
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Whenever people say 'we mustn't be sentimental' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'we must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it.
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I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free will - and a hell of a lot of money in the bargain. Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all. For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.
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You don't need money to be creative. The ghetto builds champions every day.
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Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.
