"It's not in the mainstream media yet, but the biggest jump in skin cancer has occurred since the advent of sunscreens. That kind of thing makes me happy. The fact that people, in pursuit of a superficial look of health, give themselves a fatal disease. I love it when 'reasoning' human beings think they have figured out how to beat something and it comes right back and kicks them in the nuts. God bless the law of unintended consequences. And the irony is impressive: Healthy people, trying to look healthier, make themselves sick. Good!"

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

George Carlin

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“If you can accept the flow of life and give in to it, you will be accepting what is real. Only when you accept what is real can you live with it in peace and happiness. The alternative is a struggle that will never end because it is a struggle with the unreal, with a mirage of life instead of life itself.”
“The circulation of capital realizes value , while living labour creates value .”
“I've always burned my bridges before me.”

Source : Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult
“Time is a river without banks.”

Source : Benjamin Harshav, Marc Chagall, Barbara Harshav (2004). “Marc Chagall and His Times: A Documentary Narrative”, p.1004, Stanford University Press
“I want to stay involved in gymnastics forever, but the Olympics really opened up doors in terms of motivational speaking. I'd like do some type of broadcasting or commentating for gymnastics events on TV, or even give my insights as a gymnast into other sports; I'm kind of a sports junkie in general.”

Source : Interview with Jeremy Berger, www.askmen.com.
“I'm called the Godfather [of Ecstacy] because I published for the first time information about its effects in man. I feel content with the title. MDMA is a beautiful drug...”
“I originally wanted to be a singer, but I was average. I made 18 records, but none were that great. I was in a dance band at Bournemouth Pavilion for three years, and I played guitar too.”
“I thought it would not hurt to remind you that love is a powerful force in this world, invisible though it seems.”

Source : Sharon Shinn (2004). “Angelica”, p.235, Penguin

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