"The Art Magicke has rules. It means I have to teach you all my tricks. All the substitutions, the replications, the illusions. How to read minds and palms and leaves. How to disappear and reappear. "How to saw people in half?" "That too." "Nice."

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Source : Catherine Fisher (2010). “Sapphique”, p.184, Penguin

Catherine Fisher

#Art Quotes #Nice Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.”
“If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear.”
“Possibly. I know on set, they were talking about â€˜oh, a sequelâ€™ or something. That would be way down the road, because this one we just finished. So, [Iâ€™m] not even thinking about that again. But they could be thinking about it. That would be fun.”
“Some years ago an excellent professor of economics told his class in his gravelly voice, 'If you pay me $50,000 a year to solve a problem, I damned sure ain't going to solve it.'”
“We live half our waking lives and all of our sleeping lives in some private, useless, and insensible waters we never mention or recall.”
“The dream might have been more than a dream. It was as if a door in the wall of reality had come ajar... and now all sorts of unwelcome things were flying through.”
“We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?”
“It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud. I have managed in games at Old Trafford before and know what an incredible arena Old Trafford is and how passionate and knowledgeable the fans are. This club has big ambitions; I too have big ambitions. Together I'm sure we will make history.”

Source : "Spain, Netherlands will meet again in World Cup". Interview with Kevin Baxter, www.latimes.com. June 03, 2014.

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