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If What You Do Is Being Threatened As A Profession, That Could Be Scary. But That's The Same Reason Why I Walked Out On Stage Many Times After Receiving Death Threats. I Couldn't Live Without Doing What I Wanted To Do. So At The Same Time I Have To Be Willing To Die For It.

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If What You Do Is Being Threatened As A Profession, That Could Be Scary. But That's The Same Reason Why I Walked Out On Stage Many Times After Receiving Death Threats. I Couldn't Live Without Doing What I Wanted To Do. So At The Same Time I Have To Be Willing To Die For It.

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If You Want To Find Out Who Your Real Friends Are, Sink The Ship. The First Ones To Jump Aren't Your Friends.

Who Your Friends Are

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I Don't Want To Have A Gravestone. I Want To Have All My Friends Burn Me And Then Snort The Ashes. I Think That's The Only Way To Go Out.

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When You Get To Heaven, You Will Wish You Were In Hell.

I Never Wanted It To End This Way, But Flies Will Lay Their Eggs.

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Say No To Drugs

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I Don't Like The Drugs, But The Drugs Like Me.

Drugs And Alcohol

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This Is The Culture You're Raising Your Kids In. Don't Be Surprised If It Blows Up In Your Face.

I'm So Famous, People Expect Me To Sell As Many Records As Celine Dion Or Puff Daddy.

Better Pray For Hell, Not Hallelujah.

In A Sense, Terrorism Blossomed In The Advent Of Television. Television Promotes Terrorism In Religion And In Politics.

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But What's Real? You Can't Find The Truth. You Just Pick The Lie You Like Best. As Long As You Know That Everything's A Lie, You Can't Hurt Yourself.

The Advantage Of The Internet Is That It Has Taken Away The Charade Of Politics. China Has Heard Of Democracy And People Know About Certain Concepts They Wouldn't Have Previously.

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