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Penn Jillette Quotes

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: entertainer
Nationality: american
Birth: March 5, 1955

Topics

Fear Insanity Will Patriot Rights

Never use your own money. Steal a good idea and say it's your own. Do anything to get publicity. Remember that everybody can be bought.

Good Money Remember Say Never Own

When animals age, some humans see them as less valuable, less important and less entertaining.

Age Important Animals See Valuable

To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers ask me, 'How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?' The honest answer is, I don't know.

Angela Duckworth

Work Science Day Parents Me Grit

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

Man Happy Virtue Own Actions Most

If our nation is to rebuild opportunity for future generations, it will require our elected leaders to realize that their responsibility lies not with their political party, but rather with the American people that they have been chosen to represent.

Future Opportunity Responsibility

I think the impulse to get to the heart of the story and to tell it well is in my genes.

Heart Story Think Tell Genes Well

I think the plasticity of the novel is its greatest challenge. There are no rules; there is no necessary form. You can know what you want it to be, or do, and still not know how to write it. There are endless possibilities, infinite choices. What voice should it be in? What events to start with? What characters will be part of it?

Challenge Start Choices Voice Think

I'm very much aware of the dangers of becoming a cliche. Mr. Anger, someone who gets meaner, angrier on record.

Anger Someone Becoming Aware Who

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

Robert Dale Owen

Leader Great Men Follow Daring Most

Comedy and horror are cousins; they're related. They both come from storytellers who want to specifically affect the audience and elicit specific reactions during the movie.

Comedy Want Horror Cousins Audience

I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much.

Dominique McElligott

School Doing Drama Started Something

The highs were high, the awe, I'm not a religious person, but I'll tell you, to be in the azure blue of the Gulf Stream as if, as you're breathing, you're looking down miles and miles and miles, to feel the majesty of this blue planet we live on, it's awe-inspiring.

Live Blue Looking Feel You Down

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