David Blaine Quotes
Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation, followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance.
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
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The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
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I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
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I made advances towards multiple women in work-related situations, where it was clearly inappropriate. I put people in compromising and inappropriate situations, and I selfishly took advantage of those situations where I should have known better. My behavior was inexcusable and wrong.
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School districts around the country, and the taxpayers that support them, have a moral right to the information the NFL might have concerning the medical aspects of the game, and to assess the risks to the students in their charge. Colleges have a moral right to that information for the same reasons.
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I really love middle-grade. Middle-grade books have a little more of a magical, light-hearted feel. You can be a little bit more quirky, you can have a little more humor. It doesn't get so dark and deep.
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For every one that gets made, there are five other movies that you try to get made that you don't.
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I'm selfish.
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Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation, followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance.
