Penn Jillette Quotes
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Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
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I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
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Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.
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Every woman looks good in a flamenco dress.
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Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
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I think I've always had a 40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty good, huh?'
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
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My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'
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It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A's. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University.
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I think media has lost its way. We must recognize that the proprietors of these organizations have put on a form of censorship. Basically, they're more interested in celebrity, narcissism, rich people, good-looking people, and successful sportsmen.
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There's a risk to everything you do. You can take off on a one-foot wave and get hurt; you can take off on a ten-foot wave and get hurt. You just don't think about it at all. You just go for it. When you kick out of a really big wave, it feels pretty damn good. You want to do it again.
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I think there's a kind of love relationship between an actor and an audience, and this is something I really feel with the audiences in France.
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Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.
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The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing.
