Penn Jillette Quotes
As much as I disagreed with every second of 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' the fact that it is out made me jump for joy.
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Those who incline to very strictly utilitarian views may perhaps feel that the peculiar powers of the Analytical Engine bear upon questions of abstract and speculative science rather than upon those involving everyday and ordinary human interests.
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Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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I famously had a huge television producer say to me one time, 'Can you please stop doing that to your face? It's very distracting and unattractive.' And I was like, 'You mean move it? Okay, sorry, I guess we're not going to work together.'
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I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.
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My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
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I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.
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Businessmen are to be pitied who do not recognize the fact that the largest side of their secular business is benevolence. ... No man ever manages a legitimate business in this life without doing indirectly far more for other men than he is trying to do for himself.
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Our Heavenly Father wants us to receive God’s greatest gift—His joy, His eternal life.
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My family means different things to different folks. I think, for most people, they have very fond memories and believe my family made important contributions to the country.
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The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.
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The kids today have these fresh faces. It's like they're on pins and needles, waiting to see what I'm going to do. They've never seen me. In the 1960s, those were hippies. They were wired up already. The kids today know me because I've worked with Jeff Tweedy and other young producers.
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As much as I disagreed with every second of 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' the fact that it is out made me jump for joy.
