Penn Jillette Quotes
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.
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So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.
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I sometimes go to a movie and eat my popcorn and turn my brain off. I love those movies. But the movies I like to be in, for the most part, are the ones that challenge you.
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My mom graduated from the University of Michigan, which is a great school. Then she got her Master's from NYU. She wanted to be an actress, so when she graduated, she had a dream, and she started following it. She moved to New York and took acting classes with people like Denzel Washington.
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And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?
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Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.
