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The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out....

The Republican consciousness has no integrity and it falls apart once you check it out....

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there...

When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there...

If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.

If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire...

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire...

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by...

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by...