James Broughton Quotes
I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.
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It's an honor to be a part of Magic Shave as their new ambassador. One of the problems that some African-American men have with shaving is razor bumps. Magic Shave is perfect because once you eliminate the razor, you eliminate the bumps, and it's so easy to use.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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I love to bake. There's something very ritualistic about it, kind of magic.
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It is very difficult to work in another language, and it is also very challenging.
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I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call him at home.
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Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
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I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something.
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I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right.
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I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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Magic symbolises the subconscious - that part of us that is creative and powerful that we sometimes don't tap into.
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The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.
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I have been writing fairy tales for as long as I can remember. Not much has changed in terms of my natural attraction to the narrative techniques of fairy tales. My appreciation of them in the traditional stories has deepened, especially of flat and unadorned language, intuitive logic, abstraction, and everyday magic.
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I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.
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When you're rehearsing, you get really inspired in the beginning, but then it becomes repetitious and you lose the magic. How do you get the magic again? The magic happens when you're not pushing it.
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I think making a movie or a record, the best things happen by accident - and those end up being the magic. Every time I've followed my gut it's been better than when I've tried to do what I was supposed to do.
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I'm very scared sometimes that fashion might attack its own magic by the amount of exposure.
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I learned early on the magic of life is having a vision, having faith, and then going for it.
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I'm like that person who hates going to magic shows - and I love magic, I love wizards - but going to a show where there is any possibility of audience participation is a nightmare for me.
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The Armstrong record that I personally like the most, is a recording of a song by Harold Arlen called, "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" . Most of Armstrong's solos tended to stick pretty close to the melody. But for some reason, it's like he let go of the tether and suddenly he's playing this beautiful high, almost abstract line that's floating above the beat. I compare it to the way that a 19th century operatic tenor might have sang an Aria because he's just completely let loose of the background and he's making this magic sort of flying above the staff.
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The first liberating revolutions never destroyed the large landholding powers that always constituted a reactionary force and upheld the principle of servitude on the land.
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Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.
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I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.
