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A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
Actor
Circus Performer
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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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I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of country western music, and you can't really be a fan of jazz without listening to a lot of music that's religious.
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The First Amendment says nothing about your getting paid for saying anything. It just says you can say it. I don't believe that if a corporation pulls all the money out of you or a network pulls their money away or you get fired, you're being censored.
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