Penn Jillette Quotes
You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.
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All we have is the past, but for people of the future, there's not even going to be a history there. The history of recorded music has turned into a flat fucking screen of an iTunes playlist. I'm preserving something that's going extinct! That's all rock'n'roll has been since day one. It's all necrophilia.
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The world of Debussy is a seductive oasis, and it is hard to leave it after spending many days immersed in its atmosphere. Playing Debussy-or any other composer with a strong and idiosyncratic personality-affects not only one's cast of mind but the physical disposition as well, the way the muscles work and the fingers come into contact with the ivories.
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I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance where it is needed. May the Peace Corps continue its legacy of service, both at home and abroad.
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You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.
