"We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians."

-- Sophie Swetchine

#Experience Quotes #Prophet Quotes #Historian Quotes

“For black people in the western hemisphere, if you can't generate a mythology that creates models of heroism and power out of the mythology that you had, then that means that somehow the mythology you had was not only feeble and weak, but that you are ultimately a powerless people. That's a notion that, I think, that can't be accepted.”

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“If the actions used in performing sleights are visible or even suspected by the onlooker, the whole illusion of magic is destroyed.”
“I wasn't the guy everyone liked. I was the guy that wouldn't shut up.”
“I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.”
“All the pathos and irony of leaving oneâ€™s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel”
“Science is conservative and one of the reasons science is conservative is science is trying to play it safe.”

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“Iâ€™ve never lived my life by the expectations society puts on you. When something doesnâ€™t feel right or isnâ€™t going the way it should, I listen to my instincts and change it.”
“I've always talked to players about perception and reality. I don't worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good things can happen.”

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