If you want to talk about magic, the stuff that blows me away is the stuff that's done close up.
Penn JilletteHow I was brought up and my imaginary friend means more to me than anything you can ever say or do.
Penn JilletteBacon 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.'
Penn JilletteThere is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Rite of Spring' once and understand what Stravinsky was all about.
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