Penn Jillette Quotes
Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon.'
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And so it was interesting for me to find myself very enamored of a Republican president, but Ronald Reagan was someone I thought captured the spirit of America.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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When it comes to women, there has been a tendency to define women in sports in the context of their relationships - they watch games because their husbands watch. They're interested because their kids play a sport. They buy tickets to a sporting event because it's a way to spend time with family.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.
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All writers in some insane place believe that to write is a holy chore - that what one wishes to do is speak to one’s time, to make a difference, to say: 'I was here. I was a force for good in some way.'
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If you do a sketch, that's a very short narrative. Stand-up, it's bit-to-bit, minute-long narratives.
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Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.
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Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon.'
