Penn Jillette Quotes
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I do believe that a belief in God is crazy, but that doesn't mean that the people who believe in it are crazy. Those are two different things. Ideas can be stupid and crazy, and the people who hold those ideas are not necessarily stupid and crazy.
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Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.
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My mom, if you asked her if she was interested in whether or not people gambled, would say no.
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We need a president who realizes that there's no government business in show business.
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In reality, many people let go of religion later in life.
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It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on.
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If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.
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I don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.
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Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush - so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.
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Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.
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Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.
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Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.
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You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.
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I don't want anyone as president who promises to take care of me. I may be stupid, but I want a chance to try to be a grown-up and take care of my family.
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If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.
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Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.
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I believe the fast track to atheism is reading the Bible. I've read it three times all the way through. It's a big part of our culture, a big part of our history. I don't just read things I agree with.
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I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same color. I tend to overthink things.
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Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.
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I love the feeling of shredded wheat. I love healthy bird food with a fun-to-eat feel. Then you spray them with sugar, and I'm there.
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I think one of the things about Donald Trump that's interesting is he lives in a rarified atmosphere where it's possible that he doesn't get enough feedback, enough people rolling their eyes at him. It's a danger more in show business than it is with wealth.
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I don't want people who are in poverty, in pain, or suffering, to suffer because it's for their own good and they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I want to help them. I want us all to help them.
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I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's books.
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I believe that there is no God. I'm beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God. Not believing in God is easy - you can't prove a negative, so there's no work to do