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Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance.

Penn Jillette

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
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Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion.
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One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally.
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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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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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If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won't be around drugs and alcohol at all.
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Thou shalt not take anything on faith
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A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'
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Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.
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In reality, many people let go of religion later in life.
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I'm an amazing mama's boy.
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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 best way to fight the terrorists is to have the freest country on earth. You should be able to get on an airplane, and people - that will not possibly happen again.
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Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
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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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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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You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody.
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