David Blaine Quotes
I remember finding a Houdini book at the library and seeing an image of him chained on the side of a building. He looked so intense and scary, and I couldn't get that image out of my head. That started building up my love of magic.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
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I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.
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I put castor oil in my eyebrows. And I also tint my eyebrows when I get them cleaned up. That way, I don't have to be constantly filling them in, because I'm lazy.
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I grew up an Indians fan my entire life. I was never really 'against' the Yankees, but I knew what they were capable of.
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You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.
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I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy to be selected for this mission.
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I remember finding a Houdini book at the library and seeing an image of him chained on the side of a building. He looked so intense and scary, and I couldn't get that image out of my head. That started building up my love of magic.
