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Freedom means the right to be stupid.

Penn Jillette

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
Actor
Circus Performer
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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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It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more.
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You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.
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For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights.
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I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.
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Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.
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Cheerios bring back memories. I actually don't think I ate them much as a kid, though maybe it's some sort of Jungian memory, I don't know. But they have so much sugar, it's great.
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Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.
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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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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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There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Rite of Spring' once and understand what Stravinsky was all about.
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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 are two things that have been true throughout history in big hunks. You can find differences in ten years, but in 50 year hunks, 100 years hunks, you'll find two things to be true. One, the world is always getting better. Two, people always think it's getting worse.
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My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.
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I think that I am willing to risk my life in order to have more freedom.
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All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician.
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TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.
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That's the beauty of the Web: You can roll around in a stranger's obsession without having to smell his or her house. You can amscray whenever you want without being rude. The site gets its hit and you know more about our species' diversity.
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Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.
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