Penn Jillette Quotes
People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.
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I think we all have different moods - a nerd one day and cool the next. I think everyone has an inner geek, and I know I definitely do.
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Age doesn't matter. An open mind does.
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Respect the man of noble races other than your own, who carries out, in a different place, a combat parallel to yours - to ours. He is your ally. He is our ally, be he at the other end of the world.
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That's always a funny thing, when people think they're known for every little thing they ever did, and they're really not.
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Manny Pacquiao has a whole country behind him. His journey and his rise, from a career standpoint, he was fortunate to have a lot of great opponents and rivalries for years. People forget about Barrera and Morales and those guys. That's how he built his legacy. Plus he had a country behind him.
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Once in a while, people enter our lives and lessen the loneliness of being away from Home.
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People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.
