Tricks Quotes

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Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand — William Congreve
In a way, watching an attractive, potentially dangerous guy play guitar is a little like watching a tiger agree to do tricks for his trainer.… — Merrill Markoe
It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a periodâ€”days or weeksâ€”without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as unexpected as a… — Bette Greene
Tally sighed, tipping her feet again to follow. "Maybe that's because they have better stuff to do than kid tricks. Maybe partying in town is… — Scott Westerfeld
Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life. — Donald Miller
A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.â€¦We know that the… — Jostein Gaarder
It was no mean trick doing the wiring with those mittens on. But I managed it and crawled out, batting spiders into the shadows. I… — Bailey White
Do you think it makes people nasty to be loved? You know it doesnâ€™t! Then why should it make them nice to be loathed? While… — Christopher Isherwood
How to get rid of ego as dictator and turn it into messenger and servant and scout, to be in your service, is the trick. — Joseph Campbell
There was something stubborn in me that didn't want to lose weight to attract a man. If the right man came along, he'd be able… — Edmund White
Self-consciousness, that's what it is. Always my abiding vice. I keep seeing myself. Me watching myself watching others watch me. How do you lose that?… — Stephen Fry
You can't teach an old dogma new tricks. — Dorothy Parker
It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that… — Jane Austen
I remember the time an older man asked me when I was young, "Do you know what you are doing now?" I thought it was… — Ravi Zacharias
There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice… — Joseph Pulitzer
There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that… — Roald Dahl
I haven't fought with anyone else in over two thousand years. (Kyrian) Well, you're never too old to learn. (Amanda) You can't teach an old… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Got tight on absinthe last night. Did knife tricks. — Ernest Hemingway
Love is a trick played on us by the forces of evolution. Pleasure is the bait laid down by the same. There is only power.… — T.H. White
Life is a trick, and you get one chance to learn it. — Terry Pratchett

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