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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, 'Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not?' But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.
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Technology adds nothing to art.
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Twelve magicians and two carnies have been shot dead doing the bullet catch. That's cool enough, but every night when we close our show with that trick and the loaded gun gets pointed in my face, it goes so far beyond cool. All I can think is 12 magicians, two carnies.
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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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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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'Zolten' is a common Hungarian name, it's my wife's maiden name and most importantly, it's the name of Dracula's dog.
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Comedy is taken care of by a free market.
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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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Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you're old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you've learned that difference.
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Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.
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Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful.
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A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'
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Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.
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We knew that we were kind of odd and creeps, and we wanted to do odd, creepy stuff for people who wanted to see that.
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Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.
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Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.
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Cheerios bring back memories. I actually don't think I ate them much as a kid, though maybe it's some sort of Jungian memory, I don't know. But they have so much sugar, it's great.
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I'm really happy with all the art that was inspired by religion, and I think I'd be tickled to little tiny pieces if art in the future was inspired by other things.
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I don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.
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Bob Saget is the dirtiest comic who's ever lived. Nobody touches him.
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