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From 1985 to 1994, I lived in Manhattan in a big old loft right off Times Square. I could walk to work, which was in a couple of Broadway theaters, to Howard Stern's studio, and to 30 Rock for 'Letterman' and 'SNL.' Even in New York, walking to work is homey and folksy, like living in a small town.

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The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.

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I'm very happy being big and effeminate.

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I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

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

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The vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody.

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I love the idea that horror and fear is a celebration of health and life.

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

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Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

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When I was a kid, politicians wanted to avoid talking about religion if they could. John F. Kennedy couldn't duck the issue, being Catholic and all. So how did he address it? By reminding Americans that religion shouldn't be an issue, that he was concentrating on big things like poverty and hunger and leading the space race.

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There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.

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I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats.

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The secret truth of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is that it isn't very hard... 'Celebrity Apprentice' is easy like junior high is easy. All the arithmetic, the creative writing and the history are super simple, but like junior high, you do that easy work surrounded by people who are full-tilt, hormone-raging bug nutty.

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I'm totally clean and sober my whole life.

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In reality, many people let go of religion later in life.

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I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.

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Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.

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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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I think it's pretty cruel to give a kid a name that others are going to have. I think it's very important to have a unique name within any group you're likely to be in.

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One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally.

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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 don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.

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World War II proves there's no God.

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I was always a little embarrassed when there was an act on television that requires a great deal of skill but is a little goofy, and the host comes over and acts like the person doing this skill is some sort of fool for having learned to do something that's very, very difficult.

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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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To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.

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