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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When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda.
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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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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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In reality, many people let go of religion later in life.
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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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It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on.
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Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.
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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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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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Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.
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You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.
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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 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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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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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 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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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 believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone.
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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 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 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.