Penn Jillette Quotes
A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'
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I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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I love working the legislative process.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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Kristen Stewart always looks good - she wears what she wants. It's the same with Alison Mosshart - she chooses clothes that she loves rather than what she thinks she should wear.
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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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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and so those things collide... I learned that I could put all of that stuff together in the world of acting, and I could make a dollar at it.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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I like to wear my dad's shoes to auditions as sort of a lucky thing. I feel like I'm on solid ground.
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It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny.
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I met my agent through a casting director here in Wilmington after I auditioned for a Disney movie.
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People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a strong Irish accent, so I sang with one, too.
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A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'
