Ricky Jay Quotes
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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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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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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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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It was my study of the two Corinthian letters that first caused me to concentrate my attention more directly on the relation of the apostle Paul to the older apostles.
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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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'Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.'
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Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
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We become obsessed with 'truth' when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with 'freedom' when discussing conduct...Like freedom, truth is a bare minimum or an illusory ideal.
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Let me put it more precisely: The ability to give birth is a natural characteristic. In the same way, everybody can grasp philosophical truths if they just use their innate reason.
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Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.
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I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.
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If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.
