Penn Jillette Quotes
But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen.
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We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves.
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When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
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As an author, I had spent years writing my stories on my own in a quiet room. My ideas traveled from my brain to my fingers, executed exactly as I saw fit, never veering from my own intent. TV simply doesn't work that way.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.
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That's why I love philosophy: no one wins.
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In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
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It's a challenge to grow professionally and move up the corporate ladder when you're not receiving feedback on your performance.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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I know this will blow your mind, but most people would probably never ever get it, but I listen to classical music when nobody else is around. It calms me down and I can get into this, like, deep thinking mode, you know, because there's really no lyrics to it, so you're not following something that - that you're listening to a story.
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But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen.
