I'm not a fan of organized religion. I think it's a bunch of people who are afraid of the dark, and they're all holding hands and telling each other stories to make themselves feel better.
— George Carlin Contemporary

Comedian, social critic

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Interview, 'Playboy' magazine

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1982

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Strange & Unusual

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