Honesty Quote by Derren Brown

“Magic is a performance, and a performance should have an honesty, a relevance and a resonance if it is to be offered to spectators without insulting them.”

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Honesty Ifs Insulting Magic Performances Relevance Resonance Should Should have Spectators

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If You Love Someone, Be Brave Enough To Tell Them., Otherwise Be Brave Enough To Watch Them To Be Loved By Someone Else.

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Honest people don't hide their deeds.

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I think honesty is a big part. Because when you sing live, you want the audience to believe you.

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Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

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Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.

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