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It's only the losers named Dave that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think. They're named Dave.

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.
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I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom.
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So many people say, ‘You know, your taxes aren’t taken by force,’ and that’s foolish. If you don’t pay your taxes and you don’t answer the warrant and you don’t go to court, eventually someone will pull a gun. Eventually someone with a gun will show up.
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In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed.
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I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.
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