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All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician.

Penn Jillette

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Rite of Spring' once and understand what Stravinsky was all about.
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You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody.
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Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.
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There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.
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Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.
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I, my own damn self, am not a Tea Party supporter. I disagree with them on social liberties, our overseas wars, Obama's birthplace, Sarah Palin, and the conspicuous absence of tea at their rallies.
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I came to magic absolutely hating magic on a very, very deep level.
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The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors.
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If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it.
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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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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.
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