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> [“When others inspire us, they tend to do so through the clear expression of these sketchy, adumbrated thoughts we ourselves have known but never had the perspicacity for formulate with certainty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/when-others-inspire-us-they-tend-to-do-so-through-the-clear/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

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## More by Derren Brown

> [The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/the-single-most-valuable-human-trait-the-one-quality-every/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [I think you can be sceptical, and still do things that are in a joyful way, and ultimately you are on stage entertaining. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/i-think-you-can-be-sceptical-and-still-do-things-that-are-in-a-joyful/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [When you're with your partner, I think, does everyone else sing and do the stupid voices and all that stuff that I do and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/when-you-re-with-your-partner-i-think-does-everyone-else-sing-and-do/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians, when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/people-often-think-that-you-get-the-most-of-everything-from-having/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [Mentalist is the technical term for what I do and it covers everything from psychic medium through Uri Geller, through to magicians doing tricks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/mentalist-is-the-technical-term-for-what-i-do-and-it-covers/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [“I'd rather cut off my own balls with blunt bacon scissors than host a dinner party.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/i-d-rather-cut-off-my-own-balls-with-blunt-bacon-scissors-than-host-a/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [There's something a bit embarrassing about saying you're a magician. It immediately suggests all these horrendous cliches, let alone that you're a grown-up doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/there-s-something-a-bit-embarrassing-about-saying-you-re-a-magician/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [Our fascination with weather: its caprices and changes as an antidote to the eternal repetition of daily life; a helpful illusion of novelty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/our-fascination-with-weather-its-caprices-and-changes-as-an-antidote/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [I have got friends that I have got to know and found out that, the first few times I was with them, they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/i-have-got-friends-that-i-have-got-to-know-and-found-out-that-the/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [Magic is a performance, and a performance should have an honesty, a relevance and a resonance if it is to be offered to spectators…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/magic-is-a-performance-and-a-performance-should-have-an-honesty-a/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [I'm probably more persuasive than the next person if I want to be, but do I want to be? In my head, I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/i-m-probably-more-persuasive-than-the-next-person-if-i-want-to-be-but/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [I was part of a very uncool group. It was a group that liked classical music. They were known as the Music School Gang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/i-was-part-of-a-very-uncool-group-it-was-a-group-that-liked-classical/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [Guilt's too strong a word, but there is this niggling worry that I'm a grown-up doing a childish job and it would be nice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/guilt-s-too-strong-a-word-but-there-is-this-niggling-worry-that-i-m-a/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [If someone does not have a specific charity they would like to donate to, that's OK. An undesignated donation would be split up evenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/if-someone-does-not-have-a-specific-charity-they-would-like-to-donate/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

> [If people have very big personalities, I find myself feeling I have nothing to offer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derren-brown/if-people-have-very-big-personalities-i-find-myself-feeling-i-have/)

[Derren Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derren-brown/)

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