Penn Jillette Quotes
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Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you're old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you've learned that difference.
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Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.
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The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.
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'Zolten' is a common Hungarian name, it's my wife's maiden name and most importantly, it's the name of Dracula's dog.
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This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.
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I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports.
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I've been fired from a situational comedy with a script they wrote specifically for me because of my voice.
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We can't start getting picky because we've got enough food; that's just self-centered and racist. Unless you and yours are starving, you need to shut the fuck up!
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You can't allow people freedom and then change your mind when the things don't go your way.
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We knew that we were kind of odd and creeps, and we wanted to do odd, creepy stuff for people who wanted to see that.
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I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions.
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Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to go. Some people think wind is the way to go. And there's always balances on that.
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I'm really happy with all the art that was inspired by religion, and I think I'd be tickled to little tiny pieces if art in the future was inspired by other things.
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If I were trying to avoid embarrassment, I wouldn't have stumbled my way through 'Dancing with the Stars.'
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I'm totally against straight marriage - even though I'm married. I don't think heterosexual marriage is any of the government's business.
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I'm a hardcore libertarian - I want everything legal - but I also believe that you have the right to free association.
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Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around.
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Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.
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Tommy Smothers is a hero of mine.
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When I was 15, 16, 17 years old, I spent five hours a day juggling, and I probably spent six hours a day seriously listening to music. And if I were 16 now, I would put that time into playing video games.
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I'm not misunderstood. I am brash. I make my living being brash.
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Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to me.
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I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.
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Technology adds nothing to art.