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"I don't get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity."
"Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions or death."
"The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief."
"Question all information when you receive it. You might not even trust me Look at me, I've got a blanket over me head."
"People do this a lot. They don't seem to realise that the future is just like now, but in a little while, so they say they're going to do things in anticipation of some kind of seismic shift in their worldview that never actually materializes. But everything's not going to be made of leather, the world won't stink of sherbet. Tomorrow is not some mythical kingdom where you'll grow butterfly wings and be able to talk to animals -- you'll basically feel pretty much the same way you do at the moment."
"Revolt in whatever way we want, with the spontaneity of the London rioters, with the certainty and willingness to die of religious fundamentalists or with the twinkling mischief of the trickster... Take to the streets, together, with the understanding that the feeling that you aren't being heard or seen or represented isn't psychosis; it's government policy."
"I really love to be with people. It's nice, that. To have achieved sudden intimacy with strangers is perhaps the most human thing you can do. We all love our friends and families, as much as we hate them. When you can achieve intimacy with strangers, it's very exciting and heartening."
"The world isn't made of atoms, it's made of stories."
"There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face."
"People don't realize that the future is just now, but later."
"In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved."
"Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that's not on the ballot."
"If you've got any concern at all about animal welfare, you've got to not eat meat."
"Consciousness exists beyond your head, between our heads, and it can manifest harmony."
"People have always said, are you gay? I've had a lot of that. But it's just not in me. I really like women a lot; I'm repulsed by men sexually."
"I used to binge-eat and make myself throw up. I was a fat kid. Obviously I didn't quite master the bulimia."
"Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God"
"As a person I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical."
"It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick and powerless. It is difficult to suffer the selfishness of a drug addict who will lie to you and steal from you and forgive them and offer them help. Can there be any other disease that renders its victims so unappealing?"
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."