Penn Jillette Quotes
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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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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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.
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My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.
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I've had such a great time, I'd like to come back as me - and do it all over again.
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Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.
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We know what racist people look like. They don't deny it. They just don't!
