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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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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Commanders-in-chief make really tough decisions.
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The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit.
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From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody I've ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me.
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Things we conceal from others are insecurities that we are ashamed to admit, feelings and impulses we consider to be anti-social or inconsistent with our self-image, memories of events where we failed or performed badly against our own standards, and, most important, reactions to other people that we judge would be impolite or hurtful to reveal to their face.
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We're always doing a lot of user studies on health and safety. We take it super seriously. But if you look back at the history of most new big technology breakthroughs, there is some element of controversy around what impact is it going to have.
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I will assert that U.S. economic growth is in lockstep with science and technology and, by extension, science education.
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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.
