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Bill Maher [1956-0] American
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Comedian


William "Bill" Maher is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, media critic, and television host. As a television host, he is well known for the HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher. Maher previously hosted a similar late-night show called Politically Incorrect, originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
Maher is known for his sarcastic attitude, political satire, and sociopolitical commentary. He targets many topics including religion, politics, bureaucracies, political correctness, and the mass media.
Maher supports the legalization of cannabis and same-sex marriage. His critical views of religion were the basis for the 2008 documentary film Religulous. 

Religion, Funny, God, Patriotism, Death, Experience, Freedom, Government, Great, Home, Intelligence, Learning, Men, Politics, Truth, Women



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Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.' Death, God
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If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest. Religion
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We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.
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We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies. Religion
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Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need. God, Religion
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Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them. Men, Women
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Things aren't right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him, he can sue you. For what, restraint of trade? Home
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This has been a learning experience for me. I also thought that privacy was something we were granted in the Constitution. I have learned from this when in fact the word privacy does not appear in the Constitution. Experience, Learning
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I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. Religion
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The country has become much more conservative, partly because it's been taken over by the religious right.
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Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence.
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Curious people are interesting people; I wonder why that is.
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I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. Great
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I don't want my president to be a TV star. You don't have to be on television every minute of every day - you're the president, not a rerun of 'Law & Order'. TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed.
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Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable. Freedom, Government, Politics
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Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do. Religion
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Men are only as loyal as their options. Funny
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Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease. Funny
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Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids.
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They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed.
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Let's face it; God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?
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We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.
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To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that. Patriotism, Truth
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This is a ridiculous heat wave we're in right now, and to contribute, Newt Gingrich said that for the entire month of June, he will stop blowing hot air.
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Jim Bakker spells his name with two k's because three would be too obvious.
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The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, 'I've got one question: What color is the red phone?' Intelligence
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Kids. They're not easy. But there has to be some penalty for sex.
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We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly.
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If you think you have it tough, read history books.
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What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.
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I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws? Patriotism
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When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries to have with you are Britain and Spain.
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The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it.
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The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.
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Clinton left the White House with all the class of an XFL halftime show.
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President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all.
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The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap.
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Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a birth survivor.
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Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool.
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I never thought I'd say this: what Obama needs in his personality is a little George Bush.
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It's all been satirized for your protection.
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Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'
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