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Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance.
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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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You get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right.
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The Tea Party claims to want small government.
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Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.
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All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician.
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If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.
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I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same color. I tend to overthink things.
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When someone is trying to interpret something for you, they always have an agenda.
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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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If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.
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Every day, TV, newspapers, and the Internet bombard us with a message that we're destroying the earth. Ice caps are melting, rivers are dying, polar bears are drowning, and trees are doing something.
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Love and respect all people. Hate and destroy all faith.
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Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, 'Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not?' But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.
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Make deals with people, not paper.
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If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.
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Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.
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It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. Which is many people's goal.
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If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it.
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Read everything and be kind.
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'Christian' used to be a throwaway word. People didn't used to use it much. People didn't start self-labeling or getting labeled Christian until the last part of the 20th century. Before that, you might identify as a Baptist, or a Southern Baptist or a Methodist. But there wasn't one identifier that put you in a fold with all the other believers.
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Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those.
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