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Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.

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Religion cannot and should not be replaced by atheism. Religion needs to go away and not be replaced by anything. Atheism is not a religion. It's the absence of religion, and that's a wonderful thing.

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I came to magic absolutely hating magic on a very, very deep level.

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When you look at the actual numbers, the number of people who died after 9/11 was greater than the number of people who died in 9/11, even if you are talking Americans. But you know, I don't like to talk Americans. I want to talk everybody. More innocent people died after 9/11 because of 9/11 than died in 9/11.

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Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty.

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You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody.

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Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

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Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those.

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Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, 'I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon.'

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The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: March 5th, 1955

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