Tricks Quotes

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History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead. — Voltaire
Some people are so busy in learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade. — Vern Law
While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a therapist has shown… — Mark Epstein
My meditation techniques ARE dangerous. In fact there cannot be any meditation techniques which are not dangerous. If they are not dangerous, they are not… — Rajneesh
How not to choose is the whole art of religion, how to drop into a choicelessness. But remember, don`t choose choicelessness! Otherwise, listening to me… — Rajneesh
People, when they are frustrated with worldly desires, start changing the object: they start making otherworldly objects of desire - heaven, paradise, and all the… — Rajneesh
There probably is no more important quest in all science than the attempt to understand those very particular events in evolution by which brains worked… — Roger Wolcott Sperry
I haven't felt the excitement for so many years. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. When we're back-stage and the lights go out,… — Robert Hilburn
All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't. — Angus Wilson
The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display, but from whom… — Jean Larteguy
I dribbled by the hour with my left hand when I was young. I didn't have full control, but I got so I could move… — Bob Cousy
Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high.… — Greg Norman
Thirdly-but not lastly-there was the bias toward what people saw with their own eyes, or thought they had seen. The human mind played tricks on… — Michael Lewis
Psychoanalytic theory is the most stupendous intellectual confidence trick of the twentieth century and a terminal product as well-something akin to a dinosaur or zeppelin… — Peter Medawar
The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. This animal has been extremely cooperative in… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
Man, the creature who knows he must die, who has dreams larger than his destiny, who is forever working a confidence trick on himself, needs… — J. B. Priestley
When we endure our own tragedies or trials, most of us develop some empathy and compassion for others who are suffering. The trick is to… — William Hudson O'Hanlon
Any idiot can train himself into the ground; the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger. — Keith Brantly
They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner. — Chuck Knox
A miler's kick does the trick...A miler's kick does the trick... — Rod Dixon

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