Tricks Quotes

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L.A. is a vortex. The weather there tricks you into thinking you're on vacation, even when you're working fourteen hours a day. — Julian Casablancas
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. — Carlos Castaneda
The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something… — Dick Cavett
Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again. — Jackie Chan
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all.… — Raymond Chandler
I have the 'thing' worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story… — Lee Child
In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage. — Robert Anderson
I am a street performer as much as I am a stage performer. Yes, I have a television show, but every trick, every 'Mindfreak' you… — Criss Angel
With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil. — Jean Anouilh
All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid… — Michelangelo Antonioni
The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a… — Bruce Barton
We've got Chinese, white, black and mixed; but remember that our colors are cheap, for after many years of contracts and tricks nobody's purity runs… — Nicolas Guillen
Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere… — Rebecca West
When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Onstage I'm always different than offstage. I can be very friendly offstage, but onstage I will pull one trick after another on my competition to… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is… — Phil Jackson
I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks — Brendan Shanahan
Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden.... It is sad that Nature will play such tricks on us… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
But the tricks I use are ones that will hopefully benefit the team. — Cristiano Ronaldo
Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such… — William Shakespeare

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