David Blaine Quotes
I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think.
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At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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I started out doing musicals.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.
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I don't have any regrets at all.
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I started doing comedy with no plan to do voice work. Voice work came as a function of doing comedy and meeting people who eventually develop shows like that. I didn't seek out from an early age to be on cartoons.
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I'm 100 per cent motivated. I haven't done enough yet in cycling to be satisfied.
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I'm definitely a people pleaser. I like people to be happy around me and be comfortable. I go out of my way, sometimes to a fault, to make sure everyone is okay.
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You know I don't care about what I eat. I love food so much, I can't affect the way I eat.
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My own view of this, by the way, is, if the war on terrorism is successful over time, in its own way it's going to box Saddam in in a way that's going to make it much more difficult for him to maintain his power, and that he's going to become increasingly isolated. I think that's going to take time.
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When I was a student at Princeton University, I was working part time in a grocery store. I saw an ad for teachers of a prep course. I don't remember what it paid, but it was easily double or triple the minimum wage.
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I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think.
