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If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.

~Penn Jillette

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A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'

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I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week practicing something that people just dismiss with a wave of hand.

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If there are two things Penn & Teller stand for, it's the truth & lying, although not necessarily in that order.

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I think the media spends a lot of time fooling itself.

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I don't know what's best for other people.

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Modern American magic, late 20th century magic, is tremendously disrespectful of the audience.

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I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony.

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When I buy Windows 98, I'm not only buying something useful, I'm giving money to Bill Gates, which is a really good thing.

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Bob Saget is the dirtiest comic who's ever lived. Nobody touches him.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: March 5th, 1955

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