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Bill Hicks.
1962 - 1994
Yet for me, his ideas and goals ring even truer today than they did back then. A man that has inspired me and gave me hope that this world doesn't have to be the way it is today.
Bill Hicks died on 26th Feb 1994 of pancreatic cancer.
He was 32 years old.
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"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.
It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured
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 begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride?
And other people have remembered, and they come back to us,
they say, "hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever,
because, this is just a ride..."
And we? Kill those people.
You ever noticed how we always kill the good guys that try to tell us that and instead let the demons run amok?
“This has to be real, look at my bank account. Look at my children, look at my furrows of worry. This *has* to be real”
...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 and money.
A choice, right now, between fear and love.
The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors,
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 that we spend on weapons and defenses each year
and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the
poor of the world, which it would many times over,
not one human being excluded, and we could explore space,
together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
9 years gone and still echoes.
1962 - 1994
Yet for me, his ideas and goals ring even truer today than they did back then. A man that has inspired me and gave me hope that this world doesn't have to be the way it is today.
Bill Hicks died on 26th Feb 1994 of pancreatic cancer.
He was 32 years old.
-----
"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.
It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured
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 begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride?
And other people have remembered, and they come back to us,
they say, "hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever,
because, this is just a ride..."
And we? Kill those people.
You ever noticed how we always kill the good guys that try to tell us that and instead let the demons run amok?
“This has to be real, look at my bank account. Look at my children, look at my furrows of worry. This *has* to be real”
...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 and money.
A choice, right now, between fear and love.
The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors,
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 that we spend on weapons and defenses each year
and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the
poor of the world, which it would many times over,
not one human being excluded, and we could explore space,
together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
9 years gone and still echoes.
Bill Hicks.
1962 - 1994
Yet for me, his ideas and goals ring even truer today than they did back then. A man that has inspired me and gave me hope that this world doesn't have to be the way it is today.
Bill Hicks died on 26th Feb 1994 of pancreatic cancer.
He was 32 years old.
-----
"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.
It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured
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 begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride?
And other people have remembered, and they come back to us,
they say, "hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever,
because, this is just a ride..."
And we? Kill those people.
You ever noticed how we always kill the good guys that try to tell us that and instead let the demons run amok?
“This has to be real, look at my bank account. Look at my children, look at my furrows of worry. This *has* to be real”
...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 and money.
A choice, right now, between fear and love.
The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors,
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 that we spend on weapons and defenses each year
and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the
poor of the world, which it would many times over,
not one human being excluded, and we could explore space,
together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
9 years gone and still echoes.
1962 - 1994
Yet for me, his ideas and goals ring even truer today than they did back then. A man that has inspired me and gave me hope that this world doesn't have to be the way it is today.
Bill Hicks died on 26th Feb 1994 of pancreatic cancer.
He was 32 years old.
-----
"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.
It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured
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 begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride?
And other people have remembered, and they come back to us,
they say, "hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever,
because, this is just a ride..."
And we? Kill those people.
You ever noticed how we always kill the good guys that try to tell us that and instead let the demons run amok?
“This has to be real, look at my bank account. Look at my children, look at my furrows of worry. This *has* to be real”
...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 and money.
A choice, right now, between fear and love.
The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors,
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 that we spend on weapons and defenses each year
and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the
poor of the world, which it would many times over,
not one human being excluded, and we could explore space,
together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
9 years gone and still echoes.
Bill Hicks did rule.
I watched Human Traffic the other day, was surprised to see Hicks references, main character watches a clip of him talking about drugs, then quotes him at the end.
I watched Human Traffic the other day, was surprised to see Hicks references, main character watches a clip of him talking about drugs, then quotes him at the end.
Bill Hicks and George Orwell are the two biggest influences on my life.
Bill was the best example of why one should always tell the unvarnished truth as one sees it. It's indicative of how those that run western society see 'truth' that this facet of his comedy made him an outcast in the US.
He's also the reason that I always look at as much evidence available on a subject, no matter what my own personal bias' may be, before coming to a conclusion.
And finally, he makes me feel that it's okay to be angry at the state of the world. Better that than turning into a smug, self-congratulatory headwrong who's mantra is "You can't change anything, just accept it".
Oh, and he had some killer dick jokes too.
Bill was the best example of why one should always tell the unvarnished truth as one sees it. It's indicative of how those that run western society see 'truth' that this facet of his comedy made him an outcast in the US.
He's also the reason that I always look at as much evidence available on a subject, no matter what my own personal bias' may be, before coming to a conclusion.
And finally, he makes me feel that it's okay to be angry at the state of the world. Better that than turning into a smug, self-congratulatory headwrong who's mantra is "You can't change anything, just accept it".
Oh, and he had some killer dick jokes too.
Why do I get the feeling I'll get slated if I ask who Bill Hicks is?
You wont get slated at all.
Bill Hicks was an American stand-up comedian that transcended simple jokes and, towards the end of his life, became a social commentator with billious humour that saw our potential and screamed against it night after night onstage to crowds of people that didnt get it.
Bill Hicks was an American stand-up comedian that transcended simple jokes and, towards the end of his life, became a social commentator with billious humour that saw our potential and screamed against it night after night onstage to crowds of people that didnt get it.
Even I, known here for a lack of humour, find Hicks entertaining :) I've never heard this verse on the original topic before, but it reminds us that, if we leave aside the ideas of nations, we're all on the same side.
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