David Copperfield Quotes

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• Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.
• The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
• When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.
• I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
• The real secret of magic lies in the performance.
• Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!
• Let sleeping dogs lie — who wants to rouse 'em?
• Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.
• I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.
• Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.
• Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic.
• For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.
• For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually…
• I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.
• I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.
• I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.
• I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions.
• I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12.
• I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.
• I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room.

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