Penn Jillette Quotes
My body really, really wanted to reproduce when I was 15. It took a lot of civilization, socialization, willpower and some emulsion polymerization technology for me not to reproduce at 15.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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Certainly, poverty and economic decline have a lot to do with the so-called rage of Islam. You've got all these young men in countries which are economically in bad shape. The idea that they might be able to make a good living and get married and have a family, a decent life, seems very remote to a lot of people in a lot of the world.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can really start to twist it about and mess around with it.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
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For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor.
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And we did it because it's time for City Hall to stop looking out for City Hall and start looking out for the people like you and me who are footing the bill.
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When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
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The only thing about sanctions is that, like a lot of drone strikes, there are countless unintended victims. Cutting off aid to Uganda only increases the pain there.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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In high school, I was not as much of a grade-follower. I kind of enjoyed more of the social aspect of high school.
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Honestly, I had no idea what to do on Twitter when I started. I didn't follow it enough. Slowly, though, I started to realize what I'm okay at. Like, I'm just not particularly witty.
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We have to find a happy medium in our use of technology. We want things to be efficient, but we have to compartmentalise, too, so that if there is one flaw discovered, the whole thing doesn't topple.
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My body really, really wanted to reproduce when I was 15. It took a lot of civilization, socialization, willpower and some emulsion polymerization technology for me not to reproduce at 15.
