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Folks, it’s time to evolve. That’s why we’re troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything’s failing? It’s because, um – they’re no longer relevant. We’re supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?

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No, I don’t do drugs anymore, either. But I’ll tell you something about drugs. I used to do drugs, but I’ll tell you something honestly about drugs, honestly, and I know it’s not a very popular idea, you don’t hear it very often anymore, but it is the truth,
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Honestly Jobs Kids Something Sorry
Rock stars against drugs–that’s what we want, isn’t it? Government-approved rock-n-roll? Woo! We’re partying now!
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Approved Party Rocks Stars
May I suggest, instead of a war to feel better about yourself, perhaps… sit-ups? Maybe a fruit cup? Eight glasses of water a day?
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Day Glasses Perhaps Water
We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.
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Creative Creativity Evolution
Man, the Beatles were so high, they let Ringo sing a coupla tunes. Tell me they weren’t partyin’.
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Men Ringo Tunes
Jesus-murdered. Martin Luther King-murdered. Gandhi-murdered. Malcolm X-murdered. Reagan-wounded.
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Jesus Murder
I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I’m fascinated by it. I’m fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that’s interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy.
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Democracy Interesting Jesus Lying Sarcasm
I wish I could meet a Christian who would proselytize to me, but they keep running away from me. I wanna talk to you all.
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Christian Running Wish
Music is a great energizer. It’s a language everybody knows.
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Energizer Language Music
I don’t identify with anyone historically, but there are several people in the future who I am a dead ringer for.
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Future Historically People Several
Mister, I don’t want no trouble. I just came downtown here to get some hard rock candy for my kids, some gingham for my wife. I don’t even know what gingham is, but she goes through about ten rolls a week of that stuff. I ain’t looking for no trouble, Mister.
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Candy Kids Look Mister Rocks Wife
A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.
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Division God Greed Heart Intelligence
If I thought the Jews killed God, I’d worship the Jews.
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Agnostic Atheism Atheist
I’m a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.
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Funny Humor Two
I began working quite young, writing, growing, maturing, always striving to top myself – to make people laugh hard at things they know and believe deep in their hearts to be true.
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Believe Deep Heart Writing
I believe we all have the Voice of Reason inside us…to gently lead us out of our own self-created hells.
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Believe Self Voice

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