Penn Jillette Quotes
If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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People don't usually compliment your character.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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My way of getting the best from people on a set is to notice their work, to make every prop master, every seamstress, part of 'The Newsroom' or 'The West Wing' or 'Steve Jobs.'
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
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I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.
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A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true.
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'I knew if I came out, there was a possibility I would lose my career. But I didn't do it for my career, I did it for me to live my truth,' she says. 'I thought, 'I don't want to live and have any shame whatsoever.' I should be proud of who I am, and I don't care if people approve or not. It is who I am.'
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I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too long on a regular day and too short days when we have a crisis.
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The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life.
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I recognize the unknowing, involuntary effect that 'Facts of Life' had and continues to have on several generations of people.
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If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.
