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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What is happening in the Sahel for the past several months is that terrorists have structured themselves, have installed themselves. It's not simply a menace for west Africa.
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.
