Ricky Jay Quotes
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I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
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I was lucky enough to go to an all-boys prep school in upstate New York that had a film program, so we had access to 16mm Bolex cameras, Nagra sound recorders, Arriflex cameras. We even had an Oxberry animation stand!
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To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.
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Money does not buy anyone the right to tell Israel what to do, but long-term involvement, dialogue, and care demand that we must listen.
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Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.
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The federal government is often said in militia circles to have made wholesale seizures of power, at times by subterfuge. A leading grievance holds that the 16th Amendment, which authorizes the federal income tax, was ratified through fraud.
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The whole Land of Israel is a single bloc. There are those who say we can build inside the settlement blocs, and others who say we may not be able to hold onto the towns outside the blocs. I have come to tell you what the Arabs already know - that the Land of Israel is one bloc.
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I had some experience when I joined 'The Sopranos' in the last season. My character married Christopher, and everyone loved Adriana. I knew what it was like to join a very beloved, secretive show and following a very iconic character.
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I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.
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I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice.
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I dance. I don't really do anything else.
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I always root for the defense.
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How should we deal with intrusions of fiction into life, now that we have seen the historical impact that this phenomenon can have? … Reflecting on these complex relationships between reader and story, fiction and life, can constitute a form of therapy against the sleep of reason, which generates monsters.
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Something in the heart of most human beings simply cannot abide pain inflicted on the innocent, especially children. Even broken men serving in the worst correctional facilities will often first take out their own rage on those who have caused suffering to children. Even in such a world of relative morality, causing harm to a child is still considered absolutely wrong. Period!
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians.
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Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.
