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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We know that the holidays are a hard time for UBS and blood (supplies) are low, so we thought it was the least we could,
atheist holiday mean
The word ‘holiday’ comes from ‘holy day’ and holy means ‘exalted and worthy of complete devotion.’ By that definition, all days are holy. Life is holy. Atheists have joy every day of the year, every holy day. We have the wonder and glory of life. We have joy in the world before the lord is come. We’re not going for the promise of life after death; we’re celebrating life before death…For atheists, everything in the world is enough and every day is holy. Every day is an atheist holiday. It’s a day that we’re alive.
atheist holiday everyday
Everyday is an atheist holiday.
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In all honesty, I believe we're fair, and incredibly biased. These are two different things. On our show there are no ambushes.
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It's really not good, ... I mean, when I talked to Siegfried last night, he said, you know, it was going to be OK. You have no idea what that means. It means a friend that he's loved dearly and worked with for 28 years -- his heart's still beating, and there's still hope.
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I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.
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I'm totally clean and sober my whole life.
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I'm totally against straight marriage - even though I'm married. I don't think heterosexual marriage is any of the government's business.
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It kind of makes me feel great, because words still have power, ... I just like how uplifting the idea is: Words are powerful.
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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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And we realized it was time to do a show underwater. Magic needs a good head-soaking.
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Five years ago, I was in New York, and I saw Elvis Costello and I said, 'I look forward to seeing you in Vegas,
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very puritanical parents in western Massachusetts. If my dad stubbed his toe, you might get 'hell' out of him.
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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,