Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jilletteis an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. He is also known for his advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free-market capitalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth5 March 1955
CityGreenfield, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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My body really, really wanted to reproduce when I was 15. It took a lot of civilization, socialization, willpower and some emulsion polymerization technology for me not to reproduce at 15.
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Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its side.
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If you don't pay your taxes and you don't answer the warrant and you don't go to court, eventually someone will pull a gun. Eventually someone with a gun will show up. I want everything the government does to be done, I just want it to be done voluntarily.
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The vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody.
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The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing.
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The reason I'm an I.B.M.-type guy today is that I really needed a laptop back in 1986, and I just couldn't wait for the Powerbook.
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Poker has the feeling of a sport but you don't have to do push-ups, ... How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker: The Wisdom of Dickie Richmond.
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Showbiz is just there to give people something to talk about.
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The thing was, I have a very good job; he has a very good job,
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Provenza transcribed every minute of those hours on a computer. That allowed him to manipulate the information in his head, very much like Mozart, I would think,
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proved that I wasn't an idiot for loving the American people.
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And we realized it was time to do a show underwater. Magic needs a good head-soaking.
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The whole thing comes from Provenza and I talking about be-bop jazz about five years ago when I got obsessed with it, and still am,
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The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the existence of God or religion doesn't matter, it's not an important decision. I think it's vitally important; it's what all our lives are based on.