Penn Jillette Quotes
I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.
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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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I can tell you, all the intelligence services in the world were running my name through their databases to see did anyone by this name come in the country? When? Do we know anything about it? Where did she stay? Who did she see?
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.
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It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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The actors that I admire are able to step into so many different roles.
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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You don't win the game if you try to hit home runs all the time.
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Nobody really knows for sure who the Blue Blazer is, but like I said in my interview, there's a little bit of the Blue Blazer in each and every one of us.
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I love that quiet time when nobody's up and the animals are all happy to see me.
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Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
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A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a way to express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.
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I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music.
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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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I don't worry about gaining weight. I'm fortunate in that I've never had to worry about that. Some people eat when they are stressed. I don't eat enough.
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A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.
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I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.
