George Carlin Quotes
Let me arrive safely back at my hotel room. Don't let me be attacked by a maniac wearing a french tickler and a space helmet. Don't let my beard become entangled in the gears of a transcontinental bus. And don't let me be hit by a flying turd.
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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And for the first time in a long time, I'm playing along somebody that has that same energy and fire and plays pretty much the same way I do. So, that was just nice to say.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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All we do is bring the debate from both sides, and let you as a viewer decide where you want to end up on the issue. That's very important. That's exactly what happens in 'Redemption Inc.'
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I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.
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I learned this from Mike Wallace. Listen, be a good listener. You don't have to fill space. Just sit there and listen.
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Having recorded his first album, 'Tapestry,' in 1969, in Berkeley, California, during the student riots, McLean, a native New Yorker, became a kind of weather vane for what he called the 'generation lost in space.'
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Let me arrive safely back at my hotel room. Don't let me be attacked by a maniac wearing a french tickler and a space helmet. Don't let my beard become entangled in the gears of a transcontinental bus. And don't let me be hit by a flying turd.
