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The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors.
Penn Jillette
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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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When I was a kid, politicians wanted to avoid talking about religion if they could. John F. Kennedy couldn't duck the issue, being Catholic and all. So how did he address it? By reminding Americans that religion shouldn't be an issue, that he was concentrating on big things like poverty and hunger and leading the space race.
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The cliche of the nerdy kid who doesn't go outside and just plays games is completely untrue. And it's also true for the nerdy kid who studies comic books and turns into this genius, and it is also true for the nerdy kid who listens to every nerdy thing that Led Zeppelin put out. That kind of obsession in a 16-year-old is not ugly. It's beautiful.
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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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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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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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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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I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.
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