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Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really ha

Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there. – Penn Jillette

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Im a hardcore libertarian – I want everything legal – but I also believe that you have the right to free association. – Penn Jillette

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But its 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 its more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen. – Penn Jillette

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Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they dont have to be anything else. – Orson Welles

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In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous. – Patrick Dempsey

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But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom. – Rachel Griffiths

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