Penn Jillette Quotes
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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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If you just want to help people out you end up being a good person. I mean there’s every single kind of horrible self-help book will tell you if you’re feeling down and you’re feeling depressed just go help someone out and it’s a cliché, you wouldn’t even say it it’s so embarrassing, except it happens to be true.
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When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda.
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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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To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.
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In reality, many people let go of religion later in life.
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Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.
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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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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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It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on.
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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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If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.
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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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Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.
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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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Trump, who never showed the slightest glimpse of humility.
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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 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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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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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 don't believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone.
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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 didn't learn fire-eating to conquer my fears. I learned fire-eating because I desperately wanted to be in show business.
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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.