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Penn Jillette Quotes

Modern American magic, late 20th century magic, is tremendously disrespectful of the audience.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

American Magic Late Audience Modern

It's good to remind intelligence producers and consumers alike about the need to 'warn of emerging conditions, trends, threats and opportunities' and the potential for discontinuities.

Good Intelligence Opportunities Need

If you feel your school is failing you, the question is why. Is it a lack of parental involvement, large classes, school violence, poor learning environment? Are there any standards to determine where problems are? Are there tutoring or mentoring programs? If the school is still failing after 3 years then what are your options?

Learning School Problems Violence

So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.

Life Work Sports You Want Possible

I had gone to school to study marine biology.

School Biology Study Gone Had

We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics.

Simon Winchester

Trust Motto Politics Greed True

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms.

Lucas Papademos

Exit Cannot Currency Greece Deliver

I understand what's it like to work all week and on Friday night just want to go and leave your brain at the door, buy some popcorn and be thrilled by something.

Work Door Brain Night Friday Week

I was in a bluegrass band. I made two records with a band called the SteelDrivers. They were nominated for two Grammys. I then I was in a rock band called the Junction Brothers; we made kind of '70s hard rock music.

Chris Stapleton

Music Kind Rock Band Hard Two

And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.

Myself Night My Own Talk Stage Out

When you've seen a lot of bad stuff and just want to enjoy your life and be happy and have your kids happy and have your friends happy, you just have a value system where it raises the bar on what's important.

Life Value Happy Be Happy Enjoy You

Rural voters believed the Democrats traded millions in campaign cash at their expense. Along came a guy named Trump to give these voters a political voice.

Voice Political Rural Democrats Guy

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.

Fear Faith Me Green Start Leaf

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