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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
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I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.
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This I believe: I believe there is no God.
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Read everything and be kind.
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Hypocrisy is annoying but not evil. Someone who says one thing and does another has doubled their chances of being half right.
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Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious it'll make you bugnutty.
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The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.
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I, my own damn self, am not a Tea Party supporter. I disagree with them on social liberties, our overseas wars, Obama's birthplace, Sarah Palin, and the conspicuous absence of tea at their rallies.
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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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Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people
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