Trick Quotes
892 quotes by 712 authors
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A great piece of comedy is a verbal magic trick.
— Chris Bliss
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I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance.
— Erik Estrada
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Systems don't need to be changed. The trick is for a trader to develop a system with which he is compatible.
— Ed Seykota
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Most people are bad with names. I have learned a trick: Make them laugh and they will never forget you.
— Mike Thompson
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Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be. Don't become too predictable.
— Sam Walton
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Someone asked me the other day if I believe in conspiracies. Well, sure. Here's one. It is called the political system. It is nothing if…
— Jeffrey Tucker
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Always consider the qualifications of anyone who assumes or professes authority, what do they really know? Authorities on spirituality can rarely give a half coherent…
— Peter J. Carroll
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Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect…
— Max McKeown
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The trick, of course, is to lose one day and come back to win the next. But that is possible only when we draw healthy…
— John H. Lienhard
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Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine.
— Esi Edugyan
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It's true that all men are pigs. The trick is to tame one who knows how to find truffles.
— Lev L. Spiro
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The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.
— Laurence Gonzales
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If a government resorts to inflation, that is, creates money in order to cover its budget deficits or expands credit in order to stimulate business,…
— Henry Hazlitt
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What magical trick makes us intelligent? The trick is that there is no trick. The power of intelligence stems from our vast diversity, not from…
— Marvin Minsky
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There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s…
— Ethan Hawke
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I'm not a man. I have no male pride for you to trick me with, and I am not interested in single combat. That is…
— Cassandra Clare
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Somebody said that writers are like otters... Otters, if they do a trick and you give them a fish, the next time they'll do a…
— Neil Gaiman
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The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The more…
— Pema Chodron
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When we practice generating compassion, we can expect to experience our fear of pain. Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allow…
— Pema Chodron
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Horror, let's face it, is basically pretty dumb. You're writing about events that are preposterous, and the trick is to dress them up in language…
— T. E. D. Klein
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