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I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom.

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If I were trying to avoid embarrassment, I wouldn't have stumbled my way through 'Dancing with the Stars.'

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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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Penn & Teller don't know jack about global warming.

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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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Computers absolutely changed my life. Before I had a computer, I had never written one thing. Not one thing. I'm a very bad speller and I was embarrassed by that. When I would type, the little mistakes would make me nutty, and I would never edit anything.

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My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.

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Religion is faith. Faith is belief without evidence. Belief without evidence cannot be shared. Faith is a feeling. Love is also a feeling, but love makes no universal claims. Love is pure.

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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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Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: March 5th, 1955

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