Penn Jillette Quotes
You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
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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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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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Language is the dress of thought.
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This disease leaves people bedridden. I've gone through phases where I couldn't roll over in bed. I couldn't speak. To have it called 'fatigue' is a gross misnomer.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.
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The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.
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You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.
