Penn Jillette Quotes
I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.
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I don't mind a bikini bottom.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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When your focus is social change and not financial change, why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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In Japan, there's a TV series called Jin. It deals with time travel. I like stories about time travel. It's a story about people living in modern day that travel back to the Edo era. Those things really interest me.
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I did not enter the industry to create a certain image. People happened to see me as the friend/sister/daughter next door. I like that association very much. It's close to what I am in real life. As for films, I just focus on the job.
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At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains.
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I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.
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I want to play James Bond – are you kidding me? I'm putting my name in the ring!
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There's a lot of craziness out there.
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I am a relationship girl. That's kind of just how I'm made... When you're in my life, it's actually very contained.
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We continue to see undeniable evidence that abuse and torture has been widespread and systematic, yet high-level government officials have not been held accountable for creating the policies that led to these atrocities.
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Reading has been a part of my life ever since I was born.
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A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.
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I don't use e-mail or a computer. I would be so inundated that I wouldn't be able to get any work done. Instead, I do everything in person or on the phone.
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I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship.
