Ricky Jay Quotes
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
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The United Nations Children's Fund reports that more than 18 million children worldwide have lost both parents to the ravages of AIDS, starvation, war or natural disasters.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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The chi of a room is important to me. If I walk into a hotel room and it doesn't feel right, I ask to change.
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
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To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
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Is that a real country?
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I that have loved thee thus before thou fadest,My faith shall wax, when thou art in thy waning.The world shall find this miracle in me,That fire can burn when all the matter's spent.
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Your art is the Holy Ghost blowing through your soul.
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Thus, in his belly, can he change a sin, Lust it comes out, that gluttony went in.
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Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
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Everything is funnier in retrospect, funnier and prettier and cooler. You can laugh at anything from far enough away.
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People sometimes feel frustrated about what's going on in our oceans and environment, and 'Whale Wars' shows that ordinary people can take action and make things happen.
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It depends on various things like if the promoters want to have a break so they can sell more T-shirts and booze, then they ask if we can do an interval. I personally prefer not to do that. Once you get onstage, I like to stay there.
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I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself.
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Naming is a privilege of reason and the province of bullies. We name to tame and to maim; to honor the great, the dead, and ourselves.
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Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I have no respect for myself.
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I'm a calm-headed fighter. I do my job.
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Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.
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But the truth is, I've never wanted to be a movie star - and I've been pretty clear about that.
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'Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.'
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If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.
