Harry Houdini Quotes
No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.
Quotes to Explore
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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The interest in the supernatural in a very generic sense and in the spiritual is not in itself a factor that helps the communication of the Christian faith.
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Making a movie is like an accelerated version of growing up with someone. You spend so many hours a day with each other, and you're putting your heart into this same effort.
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People are all vulnerable in so many different ways. We go into survival mode a lot of times.
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A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.
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In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.
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I repeat the question, 'Can Louisiana be brought into proper practical relation with the Union sooner by sustaining or by discarding her new State Government?'
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Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.
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I don't think I am a citizen of the world; I am very much a citizen of my own country. But my own country is closely related to other parts of the world and influenced by what happens there.
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I've been standing, tippy- toe, waiting to be kissed (by the Republican Party), and no one has come forward.
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There are so many groups making so much money in the medical care system that any major reorganization is going to make someone unhappy or anxious at the least, ... I don't know how you do it.
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When I earnt my first money, I went to a shop and bought jeans and a top. But then I wore them both for such a long time that finally my model agency said, 'You should buy something else!' I was saving the money because it was the first time I'd ever had any.
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I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.
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It's amazing, when the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright.
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I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed.
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No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.
