Penn Jillette Quotes

My mom, if you asked her if she was interested in whether or not people gambled, would say no.

Penn Jillette

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My relationships are helped because of all the success I've had, but I'm only as useful as the idea I have today or tomorrow. Otherwise, I'm just a trophy.

Jimmy Iovine

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Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction.

John Owen

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Even though my face has gotten more familiar with doing 'China Beach' and 'The Wonder Years,' I'm the kind of actor that people thought, 'Gee, that guy looks familiar. He must have put my storm windows in. He works at my bank or something.'

Robert Picardo

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It's what kings do. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.

Max Holloway

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I do hikes; I do swimming.

Stella Maxwell

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Giving back has always been instilled in me since I was a little girl. To me, it's been something that's a been part of my life.

Stephanie McMahon

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Normally, my digital peregrinations take me to destinations like Facebook, YouTube, and boingboing.net.

Steven Levy

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I think the ability to hit - some guys have it and some guys don't - but I think how dedicated you are to trying to get the most out of yourself, I think kind of determines how good you are and for how long. I was born with the ability to hit, but my work ethic has taken it to the next level.

Tony Gwynn

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You should not forget that without all the work in law and economics, a great part of which has been supported by the John M. Olin Foundation, it is doubtful whether the importance of my work would have been recognized.

Ronald Coase

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Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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When I was, like, 18, that's when I started to really take my own craft seriously and just noticed people were enjoying it. And when I put out my first mixtape, that's when I realized I could make this a career.

Logic

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We first started to rent old VFW halls in Philly or whatever; we rented kegs and did parties and played our own music. We had to find a way to do it because nobody else was helping us, and I think now it's important to keep those dialogues happening, those parties happening.

Diplo

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