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Movies are like magic tricks. -- Jeff Bridges
Of course, in all magic tricks theres a secret. -- Lene
If one must explain a magic trick, one should do so after the show is over. -- Larry Niven
Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence. -- Tennessee Williams
Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight. -- Elizabeth Gilbert
A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder. -- Dave Matthews
The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does. -- Martin Gardner
A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart. -- Neil Gaiman
I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest. -- Katy Perry
Two Drink Mike enjoys dancing and knows a magic trick. Whereas, No Drink Mike enjoys biographies, and has serious opinions on wildlife. And Five Drink Mike... dances with wildlife. -- Mike Birbiglia
I always feel that there's no violence in a movie - it's not real, it's a magic trick. Nobody is really dying. In fact, the people that die in my movies have gone on to become extremely successful! -- Eli Roth
My experience in work, even going to work with Scorsese, is that people always think there's some magic trick. There's no magic trick. The people who are really good at what they do do simple things really, really well. -- Matthew McConaughey
I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" yelled Uncle Vernon. Hagrid seized his pink umbrella and whirled it over his head "NEVER -" he thundered "- INSULT -ALBUS -DUMBLEDORE - IN - FRONT - OF - ME! -- J. K. Rowling
I've worked ever since I was a kid with a two-bit kit of magic tricks trying to improve my skills at entertaining whatever public I had - and to make myself ready, whenever the breaks came, to entertain a wider and more demanding public. -- Johnny Carson
A lot of the audience know that magic tricks are largely sleight of hand stuff, but they're intrigued by the mind stuff. They understand some of the principles behind it . . . but they're confused by how it's all mixed together onstage, which is good for me. -- Keith Barry
Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light. -- Jeff Bridges
I can't say I ever wanted to become an entertainer. I already was one, sort of-around the house, at school, doing my magic tricks, throwing my voice and doing Popeye impersonations. People thought I was funny; so I kind of took entertaining for granted It was inevitable that I'd start giving little performances. -- Johnny Carson
When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic. -- J. J. Abrams
We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic. -- Lance Burton
Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it back. -- Michael Caine
Hopefully we'll get to a point where there are absolutely no restrictions on any kind of violence in movies. I'd love to see us get to a point where you can go to theaters and see movies unrated and that people know its not real violence. It's all pretend. It's all fake. It's just acting. It's just magic tricks. -- Eli Roth
Whenever I'm in need of inspiration and mantras, I go straight to simple affirmations. 'I am strong', 'I am brave', 'I can do this' and 'I'm awesome'. Whatever you put after 'I am', you will become. 'I am' are the two most powerful words, so make sure what you say after 'I am' is what you want to experience. It's like a magic trick. -- Jason Mraz
The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn't get more meat, I'll just say, "Oh, you mean this?" and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I've hidden it. Good magic trick, huh? -- Jack Handey
Hookers do tricks, magicians make magic. -- Dick Christian
Religion is like magic. It is all about tricks. -- Michel Onfray
Of course, in all magic tricks there's a secret. -- Lene Hau
If everybody knows all the tricks, it's no more magic. -- Thomas Bangalter
Once love had seemed like magic. Now it seemed like tricks. -- Lorrie Moore
The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic. -- Bernard Cornwell
Dull magic is a collection of tricks: great magic should sting. -- Derren Brown
Disappearing act? That's a magic trick, isn't it? I like magic tricks! -- Kate Bush
Magic, historically, has been a man doing tricks with no wider story behind it. -- Drummond Money-Coutts
The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. -- Humphrey Carpenter
My idea of magic doesn't have much to do with stage tricks and illusions. The whole world abounds in magic. -- Michael Jackson
A Magician is not a Magician because he knows tricks, but because he knows Magic - the principles, the fundamentals. -- Harlan Tarbell
I discovered that magic tricks got me more attention from the girls in my class when I was nine - so a magician was born! -- David Copperfield
I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks. -- Nicolas Cage
I went from being a kid who loved to perform magic tricks to becoming the world's most notorious hacker, feared by corporations and the government. -- Kevin Mitnick
The spirits are an age-old theme, a story from darkest history, and therefore a presentational anchor that can be used with many different magic tricks. -- Eugene Burger
My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit. -- Fernando Alonso
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction - there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome. -- Marco Tempest
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction "? there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome. -- Marco Tempest
I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic. -- Harry Anderson
I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did magic tricks, cards tricks and I played the banjo. -- Steve Martin

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