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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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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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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I always say, and I truly believe this, that my work is three steps ahead of me. I have an idea for something, and I tend to feel like it's leading me, and I'll follow the process through, and it's not until after I've seen it that I truly understand why I'm doing this.
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I want to find something really wonderful to do next and take my time to search through the dearth of great material, especially for women.
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My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA.
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If you're the Rolling Stones, you can sing 'Start Me Up' for 35 years, and people still cheer.
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I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker.
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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.
