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One of the strongest feelings you can get in life--one of the most rewarding feelings--is the feeling of an Aha, I finally understand.

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
Actor
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I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom.
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I love the idea that horror and fear is a celebration of health and life.
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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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The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people would use the word censorship, but I wouldn't - was when we did MTV right after the Beavis and Butt-head thing.
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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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Everyday is an atheist holiday.
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The fact is that violence gives you a rush.
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If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe.
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Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.
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You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.
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I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions.
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Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.
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You get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right.
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If you like the stuff I do, my chances of liking you go up.
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The First Amendment says nothing about your getting paid for saying anything. It just says you can say it. I don't believe that if a corporation pulls all the money out of you or a network pulls their money away or you get fired, you're being censored.
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'Zolten' is a common Hungarian name, it's my wife's maiden name and most importantly, it's the name of Dracula's dog.
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I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.
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A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'
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My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.
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