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Uploaded on Jan 26, 2008

The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while.

Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they've begun to question, 'Is this real, or is this just a ride?', and other people have remembered, and they've come back to us and they say 'Hey, don't worry. Don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.' and we KILL THOSE PEOPLE.

"Shut him up! We have alot invested in this ride! SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account, and my family. This just has to be real."

It's just a ride.

But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that. You ever noticed that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because ... It's just a ride.

And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear wants you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead see all of us as one.

Here's what we can do to change the world right now, to a better ride:

Take all that money we spent on weapons and defense each year and instead spend it feeding, clothing, and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and WE CAN EXPLORE SPACE, TOGETHER, BOTH INNER AND OUTER, forever ... in peace.

-- Bill Hicks (1961 - 1994)

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  • spookyboy91

    we need more people like him.

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  • ColdTacosProductions

    You must be in marketing. :)

    Kill yourself.

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  • blueviper42

    I don't think he meant that literally

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  • piticfilms

    Bill Hicks was not just a comedian. He was a prophet.

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  • thepauperQueen

    Life is an illusion, just a very convincing one. - Albert Einstein

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  • FillingUpCitySkies

    Oh I think the government has TOO much control over people. Which brings more suffering & happiness at the same time. It just doesn't feel right, but maybe that's the point so far?

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  • FillingUpCitySkies

    I would be interested in that too. Please do!

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  • Csaba Juhász

    excuse me for that, please, but...could You send me Your paper? just to read it, I'm just really really curious! I won't use it in any other way, I promise

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  • mmdurrant

    Every time someone says this I laugh and cry at the same time. There are people in this world who witnessed Hicks' death and miss his presence greatly.... primarily his parents, brother, and his friends. "Do some research" - LOLOLOLOL. Hicks was talented, Jones is a hack at his best moments.

    I honestly can't tell if you're putting me on or if you're serious.

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  • Jake Towler

    He would have been a cool guy to meet.

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  • atank

    "Tool Eulogy"

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