Quotes by category:Magic

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

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Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

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I grew up like Athena — covered with playing cards instead of armor — and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

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Yoko brought the walrus, there was magic in the air. by Ricky Nelson

Yoko brought the walrus, there was magic in the air.

walrus magic air

I held out my dad’s magic box and let it o, sure it would smash to the floor. Instead, the box disappeared. “Cool,” I said. “Sure you I can get it back?” “No,” Bast said. “Now come on!

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I must admit I’m impressed, Sadie. You controlled your magic and controlled Isis. And you, Carter, did well turning into a lizard.

lizards isis magic

If anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)

hey magic enough

He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, as well as of chemistry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

magic reality dull

You know how teachers tell you the magic word is 'please'? That's not true. The magic word is 'puke'. It will get you out of class faster than anything else.

magic class teacher

If you don't get the ending you desire.... have faith in the magi... by Rita Zahara

If you don't get the ending you desire.... have faith in the magic of new beginnings.

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The background of the Negro culture is voodoo and magic; and the purposes the magic are control and power over God, man, nature and society. Voodoo and magic was the religion and life of America's Negro.

magic men america

A little magic can take you a long way. by Roald Dahl

A little magic can take you a long way.

magic littles long

It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossibl... by Roald Dahl

It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.

magic impossible life

I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the trainees, so I led my usual morning class. I called it Magic Problem-Solving 101. The trainees called it Whatever Works.

magic class morning

So for Magic Problem-Solving 101, we headed to the training room... by Rick Riordan

So for Magic Problem-Solving 101, we headed to the training room and blew stuff up.

training magic stuff

My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until they’re dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary. It worked against Set.

magic understanding enemy

The first season of 'Community' stumbled a bit because the plotlines too often veered into realism, but that is not a problem anymore. Not when prize episodes concern a campuswide blanket fort, or a secret garden with a magic trampoline.

magic community garden

If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, 'Thank you.' If you can't find a tree, a dandelion will do... Nature is magic.

magic worry tree

You used your power to toss one rock at me?" he exclaimed, an almost comic note of incredulity in his voice. "On the contrary," I heard Dorian say pleasantly. "I didn't use magic for that. I just threw it.

rocks magic voice

The pleasure of eloquence is in greatest part owing often to the stimulus of the occasion which produces it- - to the magic of sympathy, which exalts the feeling of each by radiating on him the feeling of all.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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