"Magicians are manipulating your consciousness. They are showing you something impossible. They're getting you to construct a narrative, which simply isn't true. So that means they know how to make you aware of certain things and blind to other things. What I'm hoping is that magic, this entertainment vehicle that has been around for a long time, will give us a real insight into the deep mysteries of consciousness"

-- Richard Wiseman

#Real Quotes #Mean Quotes #Giving Quotes

“To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it's being a person that can work with others and not give up. And, for me, that was part of it too.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.”
“He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates.”

Source : Alan Ayckbourn (1988). “The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays”, p.100, Grove Press
“I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.”
“Even before I was a Democrat, I was a Zionist.”

Source : "New Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Draws Praise From All Sides" by Nathan Guttman, forward.com. April 24, 2008.
“To be honest, I was just honored to be in the same festival [ Raindance Film Festival's ] as Johnny To and Dominik Moll.”
“When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.”

Source : "Queen Latifah Opens Up About Heartbreak, Alcohol And Using Faith To Grow A Positive Self - Image" By Hilary Miller, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 11, 2013.
“Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war, are great in love. The spring of all brave acts is seated here, As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.”

Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.485

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