458 Quotes by Penn Jillette

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    I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team.

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    The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors.

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    I don't want people who are in poverty, in pain, or suffering, to suffer because it's for their own good and they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I want to help them. I want us all to help them.

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    If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won't be around drugs and alcohol at all.

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    My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.

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    But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen.

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    For us to make any sort of statement that our artistic expression is being trounced would be self-serving, unpleasant and not true.

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