Penn Jillette Quotes
I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.
Quotes to Explore
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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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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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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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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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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 stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.
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Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter.
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Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.
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I really believe that the more distractions and fixes I remove from my life, the better I'll feel about myself. The biggest of those is Depeche Mode. It's the one marriage that survived, but I'm not sure it works - for me, anyway. Jumping on a plane to go somewhere else and be told how wonderful I am doesn't feel good any more.
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I like to know who I'm working with, and it's important because they've got to be able to bring something to the party.
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I always thought I'd make a good parent, but I was single and led a solitary life for many, many years. Then I met David, and he had experience with kids and wanted to have a family, too.
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Dum taxat, rerum magnarum parva potest resexemplare dare et vestigia notitiai.
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I'm always nervous before I go on stage, but once I'm out there everything is great and it's my favorite place to be.
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I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.
