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The Tea Party claims to want small government.
Penn Jillette
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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.
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I believe the fast track to atheism is reading the Bible. I've read it three times all the way through. It's a big part of our culture, a big part of our history. I don't just read things I agree with.
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Everyday is an atheist holiday.
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I like to read in the dark. I like to go into the bathtub, turn out all the lights, and in the dark, read my books.
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If I were trying to avoid embarrassment, I wouldn't have stumbled my way through 'Dancing with the Stars.'
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We all have friends we love dearly that couldn't pass for human in a strict Turing test.
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It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more.
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'Psycho' is fascinating philosophically, because the point of 'Psycho' is that everything that's bad happens because of love.
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Technology adds nothing to art.
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This I believe: I believe there is no God.
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I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is by talking very strongly about what we believe.
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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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The first thing I said to myself on 9/11 was, 'There go our civil rights.' I found out by comparing notes later that George Carlin and I both said that at the exact same time. That's the first thing that popped into our head.
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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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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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My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.
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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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If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won't be around drugs and alcohol at all.
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The secret truth of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is that it isn't very hard... 'Celebrity Apprentice' is easy like junior high is easy. All the arithmetic, the creative writing and the history are super simple, but like junior high, you do that easy work surrounded by people who are full-tilt, hormone-raging bug nutty.
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