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Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
Born: Mar 5, 1955
Believe Good Me People Think You
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I had e-mail in 1984! I had an e-mail address then, which means that all you could write to was Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. There were three of us, writing to each other. Penn Jillette
You Writing Three Other Address Jobs Could Write Had Steve Steve Jobs Were Which Then Us Bill Means Bill Gates Each Gates
I don't want everyone to read anything; I like us all reading different books. Penn Jillette
Reading Everyone Books Like Read Different Want Anything Us
Bob Barr is not crazy enough for my taste. Penn Jillette
Crazy Enough Taste Bob
My mom, if you asked her if she was interested in whether or not people gambled, would say no. Penn Jillette
Mom You People Say Would She Whether Interested Asked Her
I think it's pretty cruel to give a kid a name that others are going to have. I think it's very important to have a unique name within any group you're likely to be in. Penn Jillette
You Important Group Think Others Kid Pretty Give Cruel Name Likely Within Very Any Going Unique
Tommy Smothers is a hero of mine. Penn Jillette
Hero Mine Tommy
Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty. Penn Jillette
Time You Too Much Too Too Much Time Hoping Envious Wishing Make Being Much Waste
When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda. Penn Jillette
You Someone Something Always Trying Agenda Interpret
You can't believe how pro-gay and pro-freedom-of-speech I am. I'm way out beyond anyone on the Left. Penn Jillette
You Believe Way Out Beyond How Am Left Anyone
We know what racist people look like. They don't deny it. They just don't! Penn Jillette
People Like Know Look Deny Just
I don't believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone. Penn Jillette
Best Believe Everyone Majority Knows Always
America was founded on Christians not trusting each other, and they sometimes seemed more willing to reach out to the godless than to someone from another sect. Penn Jillette
Sometimes Other Out Willing Seemed Someone More Reach Another Trusting Than Godless America Each Founded Christians
When I was a kid, politicians wanted to avoid talking about religion if they could. John F. Kennedy couldn't duck the issue, being Catholic and all. So how did he address it? By reminding Americans that religion shouldn't be an issue, that he was concentrating on big things like poverty and hunger and leading the space race. Penn Jillette
Religion Space Poverty Big Politicians Address Kid Hunger John John F. Kennedy About Could He Leading Reminding Like Concentrating Catholic Talking How Duck Issue American Did Being Big Things Wanted Race Avoid Things Kennedy
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. Penn Jillette
Me Technology Took Willpower Some Civilization Lot Wanted Reproduce Really Body Socialization
A lot of older parents worry about being older parents. I hear people say, 'I don't want to be too old to play baseball with my son.' They worry that their kids will be embarrassed by their parents' age. Penn Jillette
Age Son People Old Will Parents Older Too Worry Say Kids Embarrassed People Say About Hear Hear People Lot Being Want Baseball Play Play Baseball
One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally. Penn Jillette
You Sometimes Living Every Trick Tricks One Thing Thread Magic Performance Disaster Learn Robust How Doing Close Hanging Literally Thing
Cars mean nothing to me. I'm not a car guy. Penn Jillette
Me Car Nothing Guy Mean
Having a Hummer is stupid. It's stupid to waste that much gas. It's stupid to waste that much money on gas. It's stupid to parade your insecurities on public roads. Hummers are stupid-looking. Penn Jillette
Money Stupid Parade Insecurities Having Roads Public Much Your Waste Gas
There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business. Penn Jillette
Business Job Other Outside Than Any Show Show Business Harder
When you look at the actual numbers, the number of people who died after 9/11 was greater than the number of people who died in 9/11, even if you are talking Americans. But you know, I don't like to talk Americans. I want to talk everybody. More innocent people died after 9/11 because of 9/11 than died in 9/11. Penn Jillette
You People Innocent Everybody Innocent People More Like Know Look Talk Talking Greater Because Than American Died Want After Who Even Actual Number Numbers
Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you're manipulating objects, not people. And that's always appealed to me. Penn Jillette
Me You People Black Black And White White Objects Always Juggling Very Manipulating Straightforward Appealed
When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing. Penn Jillette
Buy Good Money Giving Windows Something Only Good Thing Which Really Bill Bill Gates Useful Thing Buying Gates
Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion. Penn Jillette
Hope Religion Fear Reward Punishment Threats Morality Morally Because Behaving Bribery Humans Need
Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing - actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals. Penn Jillette
Kidding Teller More Performing Renaissance Around Real Festivals Than Did Worked Street Actually Philadelphia
I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life. Penn Jillette
Life My Life Alcohol Drink Never Had Any
I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is by talking very strongly about what we believe. Penn Jillette
Mind Believe Universe Way About Strongly Only Share Talking Am Huge Very Huge Fan Fan Your Speaking
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