Penn Jillette Quotes
I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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The ox suffers, the cart complains.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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God does arithmetic.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.
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The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like a plateau surrounded by tall mountains and separated from the other plateaus by precipices and divides.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.
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I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
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I have done, I hope to say I've done things to help make a difference while I'm on this earth. Are animal issues most important to me? Absolutely. I have an affinity with them, but I also care about children and the elderly and always say that the rest of everybody else can fend for themselves because we're in a age where we can. And we're all able to do so.
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Because I like theatre and I love a challenge. With 'ZEBRA!' I've found a new Australian play where I can create a character first - that's what I live to do.
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I don't dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it's gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin' White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It's connected to where you are today.
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Needless to say, I would have loved to have been a black belt instead of actually just wearing one to hold up my pants!
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There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses.
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I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.
