Penn Jillette Quotes
I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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Losing a child is probably the singular most horrible thing.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
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My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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My mother was always supportive.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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Cuando todo está hecho, las mañanas son tristes.
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I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.
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Our National life is full of diversities. We have here a variety of languages, of faiths, of communities, of modes of living, and schools and styles of literature and art. This diversity reflects the abundance of our national life, and need to be preserved and promoted.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: 'Beach Blanket' was one of the most important experiences of my whole life. It's part of me.
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I used to imagine adventures for myself, I invented a life, so that I could at least exist somehow.
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I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.
