American - Entertainer | March 5, 1955 -
Religion is faith. Faith is belief without evidence. Belief without evidence cannot be shared. Faith is a feeling. Love is also a feeling, but love makes no universal claims. Love is pure.
Penn Jillette
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Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its side.
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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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There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.
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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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Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to go. Some people think wind is the way to go. And there's always balances on that.
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I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.
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I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.
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I do believe that a belief in God is crazy, but that doesn't mean that the people who believe in it are crazy. Those are two different things. Ideas can be stupid and crazy, and the people who hold those ideas are not necessarily stupid and crazy.
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The most important part of life is work, it's the flow, it's getting stuff done, feeling like you're doing something.
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I don't question things that go against what I believe very much. But boy, the stuff that I really want to believe, I really question a lot.
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I grew up as a Christian. I suppose at some level I wanted to believe someone was watching over me.
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