American - Entertainer | March 5, 1955 -
I don't want people who are in poverty, in pain, or suffering, to suffer because it's for their own good and they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I want to help them. I want us all to help them.
Penn Jillette
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The medium is not the message - the message is the message.
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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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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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I came to magic absolutely hating magic on a very, very deep level.
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When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing.
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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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Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'
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I'm not misunderstood. I am brash. I make my living being brash.
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Technology adds nothing to art.
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This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.
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I'm totally clean and sober my whole life.
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