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    Tribute To George Carlin
    Tribute To George Carlin
    Tribute To George Carlin
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    Tribute To George Carlin

    By Wolf Sherman

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    George Denis Patrick Carlin was born on May 12, 1937, and remained waking people up, while entertaining them, till June 22, 2008. To some, he was the "Thinking man's comedian" and others, a modern philosopher.

    No doubt there were hundreds -, even thousands of things that his brilliance had touched on, to both shock and wake people up - but of course, he was an entertainer. And brilliant at it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWolf Sherman
    Release dateDec 23, 2017
    ISBN9781370307029
    Tribute To George Carlin
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    Wolf Sherman

    Biography - Wolf ShermanWolf was born in 1970, grew up in Pretoria and after school joined the South African Police in 1988. During 1993 he was transferred to Johannesburg. During his colourfully interesting police career he was attached to several specialist divisions that include the anti-vehicle theft unit, organised-crime-and-political-investigations unit, and the East-Rand Murder & Robbery unit. After his police career he successfully applied his experience in the corporate financial world as insurance investigator and financial planner.Wolf is 48-years of age, have been blessed with three daughters, and is an avid blood and blood platelet donor. He fills his time by weaving his unusual life experience and keen interest in religion, metaphysics, war and political research and that of his love for food and classical music - into his poetry, fictional short stories, and novels.“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” - George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons.I'm always curious to listen when people talk about which book - ever - they'd first read. For me it was “The Man Called Noon” that was published in 1970. I suppose that it goes without saying the 1973 film directed by Peter Collinson - of the same name - as the 1970 Louis L'Amour novel, was quite a hit in the day.I was always in love with the books in which storytellers extended an invitation right from the word go, and pulled me in into a different world. The next early love for me growing up were bookshops and libraries. But I'd consider libraries had the first place. My love for both novels and short stories grew over the years, but somehow short stories found me more often. In part, I think because one can sponge it up in a single sitting, and move on to the next world, so to speak.On the topic of short stories, the storytellers in this instance tell how they see it - but being forced far quicker to relay that. I have no doubt that any short story can be stretched out and pinned down to become a novel - if one wanted to. Obviously there is no set length that a short story has to subscribe to, but I'd imagine anything from five-thousand to twenty-five-or-so-thousand words is adequate to save someone, murder a few people, get some revenge, use most of the rope in your boot, discard the spade when you're done, and go in hiding till the whole thing blows over. Of course, if there's a body to begin with... Which really stems from poor planning - I have always thought - in a story. Naturally. Of course, we also need to fall in love at some point and give our whole heart to someone special. It makes for a more balanced killer. In a story. Naturally.Look me up on:Pinterest @ Wolf Sherman BooksInstagram: @Wolf_ShermanTwitter: @WolfSherman2

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      Tribute To George Carlin - Wolf Sherman

      Introduction

      George Denis Patrick Carlin was born on May 12, 1937, and remained waking people up, while entertaining them, till June 22, 2008. To some, he was the Thinking man's comedian and others, a modern philosopher.

      Foreword

      Whether or not you too suffer from the plaguing disease - that we, as so-called modern life forms in human suits - call Seriousness, and to which we apparently; and stubbornly, refuse to take medicine for, may I suggest a temporary reprieve...? An escape from the illusion we call reality - if you want...

      In many ways, the comedian has the ability to be the philosopher of our era, a social critic and theorist whose words have the ability to shape public thought. To many, no person was a better example of that, than George Carlin, a savage satirist and brilliant thinker who was just as much of a writer and a philosopher as he was a comedian. His medium was stand-up, but he touched on issues of race, class, politics and life — saying the kinds of things no one else dared.

      Carlin became famous for his bit about the words you can’t say on television, but his legacy speaks of so much more, wisdom and wit that deserve to live on through the ages. Here are a few quotes from the late comedian that show him at his best — hilarious, irascible and never satisfied with the state of society.

      George Carlin's acerbic wit and profound societal insights were a one time cultural

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