Penn Jillette Quotes
I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.
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I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
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We seem to think we have some control over this planet.
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The actors that I admire are able to step into so many different roles.
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Rohinton Mistry's celebrated novel 'Such a Long Journey' was pulled off the syllabus of Mumbai University because local extremists objected to its content.
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After I do my first writing of the day, I will generally look at Twitter and Google News - and that's my big media secret. I look at Twitter and I look at Google because they pull all the headlines from other websites.
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I say I am stronger than fear.
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I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.
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I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.
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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept.
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My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself.
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I am very shy with people I don't know.
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Closing down in the midst of pain is a denial of a man's true nature. A superior man is free in feeling and action, even amidst great pain and hurt. If necessary, a man should live with a hurting heart rather than a closed one. He should learn to stay in the wound of pain and act with spontaneous skill and love even from that place.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be decided in the minds and hearts of his hearers.
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In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade.
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I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.
