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WILLIAM PENN Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it
WILLIAM PENN He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the e...
WILLIAM PENN He that lives to forever, never fears dying.
WILLIAM PENN Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ost...
WILLIAM PENN Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
WILLIAM PENN For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
WILLIAM PENN I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Good movie, bad movie, it doesn't matter - I just like his movie...
SEAN PENN Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
WILLIAM PENN A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defen...
WILLIAM PENN Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
WILLIAM PENN Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one th...
IRVING PENN Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
WILLIAM PENN What I really try to do is photograph people at rest, in a state of serenity.
IRVING PENN My dream dinner party guests would be Ethel Kennedy, Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson.
DYLAN PENN Getting to wear Chanel is my version of a fairy tale. Not that I would wear it every day - my style ...
DYLAN PENN Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.
SEAN PENN Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
WILLIAM PENN I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're bein...
SEAN PENN There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or disc...
SEAN PENN Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separ...
SEAN PENN I realize I stare at everyone, especially when I'm walking down the street. I'm just a curio...
PENN BADGLEY The Venezuelan government is required to provide diplomatic protection under the Vienna Convention o...
BRIAN PENN