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The fact is that violence gives you a rush.
Penn Jillette
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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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One of the strongest feelings you can get in life--one of the most rewarding feelings--is the feeling of an Aha, I finally understand.
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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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'Christian' used to be a throwaway word. People didn't used to use it much. People didn't start self-labeling or getting labeled Christian until the last part of the 20th century. Before that, you might identify as a Baptist, or a Southern Baptist or a Methodist. But there wasn't one identifier that put you in a fold with all the other believers.
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I came to magic absolutely hating magic on a very, very deep level.
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If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe.
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Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people
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That's the beauty of the Web: You can roll around in a stranger's obsession without having to smell his or her house. You can amscray whenever you want without being rude. The site gets its hit and you know more about our species' diversity.
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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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I think that I am willing to risk my life in order to have more freedom.
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Make deals with people, not paper.
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