Penn Jillette Quotes
'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.
Quotes to Explore
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.
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I'm good at utilising body parts as letters.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
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The scariest thing about receiving praise at a young age is the fear of burning out or losing it, or proving people right that you were just a novelty. Obviously, I can see mistakes in things that I've done or said and can see flaws in things I've made, but that's just part of growing.
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What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!
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Since I was 15 years old I have dedicated my life to serving women.
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I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
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I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.
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Taiwan has been so well developed economically. But we are underdeveloped culturally.
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The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity.
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I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
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'Technology is dangerous.''How do you mean?''It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots.'
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If I have taught my sons anything in life, it is to have integrity - to always tell the truth, and I believe they have.
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I'm an old man, and I want to lay out what I think I understand. With poems like "Traitor," I'm examining my feelings, my convictions, my understanding of the world, and testing whether they're really true. So that when you hang your holster up, you can make a judgment on whether you have any integrity at all. That's what I care about. That's why I wrote it. If I can't write that poem, then I've got it wrong somehow.
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My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. That's what it is.
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Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.
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'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.
