Penn Jillette Quotes
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.
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America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or 'the genuine article' when it comes to our leaders. As a nation, we can 'feel it in our gut' when someone is giving us a bum steer.
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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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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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The dirty energy crowd can be offset only by the power of the rising clean energy sector and the American people, aroused across party lines.
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I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always an opportunity for a director to say something substantial and interesting.
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I was told I wouldn't live past 30 or have children.
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My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius.
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I thought of Second City as just the greatest therapeutic job anybody could ever dream of having.
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Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around.
