David Blaine Quotes
I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.
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I believe in Wendel Clark. We want Wendel to be a prime-time player.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
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Actor's life is very long.
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Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
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I have always loved fashion because it's a great way to express your mood. And I'm definitely a shoe lover. The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself. A woman can wear confidence on her feet with a high stiletto, or slip into weekend comfort with a soft ballet flat.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.
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I'm not a skinny girl. I push it. I'm at the limit of chubbiness at all times, but I'm happy at all times.
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I grew up in New York, so I fell in love with acting on a stage, not in front of a camera.
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John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary of State].
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Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.
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My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.
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It's interesting because what I do and what I sing is, to other people, pretty unique. I feel I'm creating my own path... and I'm working on growing as a performer.
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I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.
