David Blaine Quotes
Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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Think and grow rich.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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One of the most precious parts of acting is the work before you show up on the set, the time you spend being with your character before you bring that character to life. To me, that's the most rewarding part of it all. It feels very good to show up on a set just knowing that's with you.
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I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique. There have been a lot of other authors who were in the military. There have been a few others who were pilots. There have certainly been a lot of other people who were in politics or served congressional staffs.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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Over the past 10 years of being famous, my relationship with the camera has not been a pleasant one.
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Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague.
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467. I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that's a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell them: 'This fellow isn't insane. We are only doing philosophy.'
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I think I hit the bottom when my wife left me while I was on the road.
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Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.
