Harry Houdini Quotes
My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear.Harry Houdini
Quotes to Explore
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'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments.
Randy West -
The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.
Yulia Tymoshenko -
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
Harold Nicolson -
Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
Carl Hiaasen -
It wasn't really until the 10th or 11th grade when I started to play well, and football took the place of baseball, which was my love when I was five years old. I don't know what happened; baseball just got boring to me, I guess.
Calvin Johnson -
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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For me, writing is a love – hate relationship.
Larry Wall -
Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.
L. Neil Smith -
I love coming to India, and I find the people out here very warm and social as compared to people in the U.S.
Navi Rawat -
When you produce an album, you're dealing with it theatrically. It has to have a structure, and the inner response to that is that the ear loves it.
Quincy Jones -
Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.
Malcolm Wallop -
Growing up, I was surrounded by music by the Stones, Carole King, and the Beach Boys. I didn't know who Michael Jackson was till I was about 13.
Ophelia Lovibond
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But though I repeated my plea, and waited on my knees for nearly an hour, there was no answer.
N. K. Jemisin -
There's a Place in the Sun, where there's hope for everyone.
Stevie Wonder -
And I missed it by two feet. It makes me understand and appreciate what the ball does do on its way into the plate.
Joe Mays -
The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast
Rachel Caine -
When we fall in love, we feel that this person is ours and we are theirs by our mutual volition, and we know they could leave - we know that because they are free, and their freedom is part of the thrill.
Samantha Harvey -
Facts we would always place before our readers, whether they are palatable or not, and it is by placing them constantly before the public in their nakedness that the misunderstanding between the two communities in South Africa can be removed.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department. From there, I went to a performing arts high school in New York City called Laguardia and I just kind of fell into the professional side by happenstance.
Merritt Wever -
My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear.
Harry Houdini