Lynn Abbey Quotes
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.Lynn Abbey
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I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
Naguib Mahfouz -
Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
W. Clement Stone -
I love to bake. There's something very ritualistic about it, kind of magic.
Rachel Miner -
I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call him at home.
Karl Malone -
Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
Victoria Moran -
I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas.
Caio Fonseca
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I think we have gotten to a point as Americans, unfortunately, where we take for granted the magic that life brings and that life is really special and every life matters. We tend to go through life but not take the moment to step back and remember you are here, right now, for a very finite amount of time.
Irvin Mayfield -
Donald Trump did not appear by magic.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
Vikas Swarup -
If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.
Quentin Tarantino -
The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.
Caitriona Balfe -
What's nice about concrete is that it looks unfinished.
Zaha Hadid
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I grew up wrestling and playing football where, at the end of the game, you have a score and you're either the winner of loser. There's no score in acting, but you qualify your level of success by the people that you work with and the amount of exposure that you have.
Eddie McClintock -
I think making a movie or a record, the best things happen by accident - and those end up being the magic. Every time I've followed my gut it's been better than when I've tried to do what I was supposed to do.
Zooey Deschanel -
The newly released movie 'Noah' features a retelling of the creation story that clearly depicts Darwinian evolution transforming a single-cell organism into a monkey. The movie also seems to show magic in scenes more reminiscent of the occult than of the Bible story.
Aaron Klein -
You have a core competency, something you're better at than I'll ever be, and that's your magic - your pixie dust.
Walter O'Brien -
Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse for a lack of proactivity. I had to learn for myself that waiting isn't a life plan.
Karen Finerman -
From the subtle to the extreme, our culture and our values are under unrelenting attack from the media.
Tammy Bruce
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Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of Time.
C. S. Lewis -
We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to keep it going.
John Sexton -
I'm not an intellectual composer.
Les Baxter -
We live in a very different world than the one that we inherited from our parents and from our grandparents. Times are changing, and states must adapt to win.
Martin O'Malley -
The interesting thing is that, well, here's what I think about songwriters and songs. Sometimes people sit down and say, "I gotta write a song today, I have a title" and all of that, and sometimes inspiration just happens, almost like "Sugar, Sugar" and a couple of the other songs. But basically, I just started playing the piano, and I'm not a great piano player.
Andy Kim -
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.
Lynn Abbey