Magic Quotes - Page 35

• Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing.

  David Blaine

  Beautiful, Creating, Astonishment

  Time Out Interview with Brett Martin, April 1, 1999.

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• Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

  David Copperfield

  Opportunity, Wonder, Loses

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• I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.

  David Copperfield

  Dream, Moving, People

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• Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic.

  David Copperfield

  Modern, Figures, Theme

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• I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.

  David Copperfield

  Secret, Revealing

  "'King of Magic' Copperfield brings interactive show to PAC". Mustang Daily Q&A, mustangnews.net. February 27, 2007.

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• I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

  David Copperfield

  Pushing

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• Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the time I was 12, I was already published in magic books

  David Copperfield

  Book, Kids, Years

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• My Brain is the key that sets me free.

  Harry Houdini

  Freedom, Keys, Brain

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• It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.

  Harry Houdini

  Exposure, Performers, Stills

  Harry Houdini (2015). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: Human Understanding”, p.33, 谷月社

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• A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.

  Terry Brooks

  Opportunity, World, Offers

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• If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

  Terry Brooks

  Writing, Thinking, Ifs

  Terry Brooks (2003). “Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life”, p.165, Del Rey

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• Returning to power in northern India is very important for the Congress party. No magic wand will work. We have to make our efforts. It will be a long and difficult struggle for us.

  Sonia Gandhi

  Party, Struggle, Long

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• My tribute to mystical, magical trees that the Cherokee called "standing people. . . ."

  Wallace Stevens

  People, Tree, Cherokee

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• Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.

  Whitley Strieber

  Christmas, Holiday, Years

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• He doesn't make it so complicated but just really allows the lyric to come through even though there's a lot of production going on. I think that's the key and that's the magic, it's making sure that people could still connect with the lyrics while they're on the dance floor.

  Deborah Cox

  Inspirational, Dance, Thinking

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• Courage is the only Magic worth having.

  Erica Jong

  Courage

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• Through the sad heart of Ruth, when sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.

  John Keats

  Heart, Home, Sea

  "Ode to a Nightingale" l. 61 (1820)

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• Pain and guilt can't be taken away with the wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain!

  William Shatner

  Pain, Taken, Cynical

  "Fictional character: James T. Kirk". "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier", 1989.

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• The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

  Blaine Lee Pardoe

  Leadership, Stars, Business

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• Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

  Plato

  Plato, Philosophical, Men

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• I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. - singer Michael Stipe of R.E.M. Focusing on the tiniest details, finding magic in even the smallest inspirations, embracing the briefest moments-that's where passion is.

  Linda Kaplan Thaler

  Song, Inspiration, Passion

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• Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but more that we meditate. And then gradually to meditate more and more on what corresponds to the innermost longing of our heart. The practice of meditation . . . gradually works its magic in stilling the mind. (42)

  Ravi Ravindra

  Heart, Practice, Meditation

  Ravi Ravindra (2009). “The Wisdom of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide”

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• In a world full of audio visual marvels, may words matter to you and be full of magic.

  Peter Godfrey-Smith

  World, May, Audio

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• Wickedly Dangerous translates a terrifying figure from folklore , the Baba Yaga, into the smart, resourceful, motorcycle-riding Barbara Yager, who travels with her dragon-disguised-as-a-dog best friend, righting wrongs and helping those in need. But when she stumbles into a town whose children are vanishing, and meets the haunted young sheriff trying to save them, what was a job becomes very personal. This is urban fantasy at its best, with all the magic and mayhem tied together with very human emotions, even when the characters aren't quite human.

  Alex Bledsoe

  Dog, Jobs, Children

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• Miserere is about redemption, and the triumph of our best impulses over our worst. It's also about swords, monsters, chases, ghosts, magic, [and] court intrigues. It's also really, really good.

  Alex Bledsoe

  Monsters, Triumph, Redemption

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