Penn Jillette Quotes
Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.
Quotes to Explore
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.
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If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
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Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere.
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Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.
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I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school, and our life the classrooms.
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People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone.
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All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.
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You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.
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There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
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I don't trust a lot of journalists.
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'Game of Thrones' focuses on what's real.
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Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.
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The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.
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Real Texans believe in looking out for each other. We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy.
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Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth.
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There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.
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I always have SK-II face masks in the fridge - they are excellent especially if you've been on a plane and your skin is puffy. I also love Rodin face oil with jasmine - it's delicious and gives you a real glow. I always use Chanel eye cream. I go to have my eyebrows waxed and lashes tinted, and then I always curl my eyelashes.
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Universities are like a utopia in a way, because you're mentally stimulated, you're challenged, and you have a lot of young, creative minds wanting to do new things, different things. Better things.
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It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America.
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My parents told me that education was the path to success - and they showed me, taking me to Head Start while they were pursuing their own college degrees.
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I don't make things with my hands, although I studied woodworking and made furniture.
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Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.
