Penn Jillette Quotes
Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Peyton Royce and Billie Kay are two phenomenal workers; I would love to see them up here on Smackdown. They're great girls with great talent. A bit of momentum, and we're going to see amazing things from them.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.
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The only thing they recognize is a buffet.
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Some people didn't like the novel, it is in some ways extremely bleak. But if you are dealing with the kind of subjects I am - trying to demystify the delusions we have about ourselves, to get a more accurate fix on human nature - then people are unsettled. And the easiest way to deal with that is to say it's weird or it's cold.
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I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.
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People will keep the TV on even if a show is on that they hate - because, unfortunately, they've been programmed to do that.
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Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
