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There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.
Penn Jillette
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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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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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I'm a hardcore libertarian - I want everything legal - but I also believe that you have the right to free association.
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If you like the stuff I do, my chances of liking you go up.
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Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.
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When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing.
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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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Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.
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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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The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.
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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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Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.
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My parents were teetotalers and my grandparents were - it's all the way back. It's New English puritanical tradition.
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There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.
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