Penn Jillette Quotes
I like to read in the dark. I like to go into the bathtub, turn out all the lights, and in the dark, read my books.
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Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.
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Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places on an individual and, of course, a marriage were tremendous. It was - there were some dark days.
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The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.
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I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.
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A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life.
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When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. That was something I not only felt, but I participated in.
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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
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'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
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I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.
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I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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There's some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don't quite know what is going to happen next.
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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.
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There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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Before vampires were aesthetically appealing, they were physical anomalies and ostracized outsiders whom we banished to the dark, and they didn't have the appeal that they do now.
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One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure.
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My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we think her people originally came from New Orleans. She looked almost like a white woman, which meant she could pass - as folks used to say back then. Her hair was jet-black. She was slim and very attractive.
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The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.
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You know, I'm fifty-two now and I call myself a singer. Before I kick it I want to be able to carry a tune in a living room if called upon. Of course, mine come out all dark and twisted and weird.
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I have grown up on literature and mythological stories. They have fascinated me since childhood, and I believe every character that I portray on screen is an extension of my personality to some degree. That is why whatever role I play seems in my comfort zone.
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I don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle.
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The school in the Yorkshire mining village in which my father grew up in the 1920s and 1930s allowed only a few children to go to high school, and my father was not one of them. He spent much of his time as a young man repairing this deprivation, mostly at night school.
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I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'
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I like to read in the dark. I like to go into the bathtub, turn out all the lights, and in the dark, read my books.
