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In my run-ins with Christians... I find that they really are good moral people. And we overlap on everything, and they don't seem to be the kind of people that are waiting to hear voices to tell them what to do.

Penn Jillette

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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