"From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place. It's a shame that a lot of magicians just rely on the trick itself and they have no other abilities. They get away with the wonder factor, and I don't think that's enough. It's great, but it's not enough."

Source : "David Copperfield Talks NOW YOU SEE ME on Blu-ray/DVD, His Collaboration on the Film, Drawing Inspiration from Cinema, and Being a Good Showman". Interview with Christina Raddish, collider.com. September 8, 2013.

David Copperfield

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“I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It's what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost it.”
“My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.”
“Model building is the art of selecting those aspects of a process that are relevant to the question being asked. As with any art, this selection is guided by taste, elegance, and metaphor; it is a matter of induction, rather than deduction. High science depends on this art.”

Source : John Henry Holland (1995). “Hidden order: how adaptation builds complexity”, Addison-Wesley Longman
“The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.”
“Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?”

Source : "Daughter of Smoke and Bone". Book by Laini Taylor, September 27, 2011.
“Whatever our background, culture or race, what rewards us most powerfully and consistently are the most deceptively simple abilities of all: the ability to be kind.”

Source : Stephanie Dowrick (2006). “Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essentials”, p.4, Allen & Unwin
“My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother.”

Source : "Ronnie's spectre". Interview With Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2009.
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

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