Michael Carbonaro Quotes
There's magic all around us: Our smartphones are magical, 3-D printers are magical. So I feel that as a magician, if I can pull off something that seems real and convincing enough that I can explain why it's happening and have people believe it, it really is fascinating. And funny.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn't look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.
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For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.
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I haven't read enough of the Bible. You know, I'm saving the Bible for if I ever get imprisoned, and the only reading material was the Bible.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin.
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I don't remember a time that I didn't know how to play the guitar.
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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
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When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find it distracting. Even when the music is just instrumental or has lyrics in a language I don't understand, the clash between the voices in my head and the song can be very disorienting.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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People like space. But they sometimes have been left out. People are much more open to that if you invite them in.
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One of the difficulties for me is that I'm naturally very skinny, so the problem that I have is trying to keep weight on, put weight on. I have to eat six, seven times a day, and I have to have a lot of carbohydrates to try and fatten me up so I have something to turn into muscle.
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I think music can change your life.
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There's magic all around us: Our smartphones are magical, 3-D printers are magical. So I feel that as a magician, if I can pull off something that seems real and convincing enough that I can explain why it's happening and have people believe it, it really is fascinating. And funny.
