Penn Jillette Quotes

I'm totally clean and sober my whole life.

Penn Jillette

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeSoberCleanWholeTotally

In Canada, things are very honest.

Jim Pattison

CanadaHonestThingsVery

I'm remembering one book that I wrote, 'Fourth Grade Rats,' that took a month to write, but most of them, full-length novels, I would say about a year.

Jerry Spinelli

BookYearSayWriteMonthWould

Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.

Jessica Alba

MotherMeMessBigBeingJust

Every increase of protective duties is necessarily followed, in the present condition of our country, by an expansion of the currency, which must continue to increase till the increased price of production, caused by the expansion, shall be equal to the duty imposed, when a new tariff will be required.

John C. Calhoun

PresentCountryPriceNewDutyWill

First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment.

Maximilian Schell

LoveMarriageLove IsDisappointment

As far back as I remember, and earlier, I was an artisan, a maker and doer. Mechanically minded, my parents said.

John Sulston

ParentsRememberBackSaidFarDoer

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

Truman Capote

TallWellJustShotgunAboutNoisy

What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you want to.

Trent Reznor

YouBackWantWayExcitementBeing

Poets, I think, are born. You can't teach it. It's genetic - the circumstances of how you were raised... and there's probably some Irish in your blood lines.

Rodney Crowell

ThinkYouBornBloodCircumstances

Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space.

Douglas Coupland

TimeArtSpaceWritingVisualAbout

I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.

Debby Ryan

LifeQualitySchoolMeChurchHelp

So, yes, 'Codename Baboushka' is all-action and over-the-top, at least by my standards. But it also has a complex, multifaceted protagonist, a deep mystery at its core, and a kind of humanity that, through all the bullets and high-kicks, is really the soul of the book.

Antony Johnston

SoulBookDeepMysteryHumanityYes

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