Penn Jillette Quotes
I live in Vegas, and I see people by the side of the road with cardboard signs who seem like they might have tried that spending their way out of debt thing.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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I don't feel closeted.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.
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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.
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I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they're humble.
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It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that.
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Driver's licenses are a crucial national security issue.
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I live in Vegas, and I see people by the side of the road with cardboard signs who seem like they might have tried that spending their way out of debt thing.
