"Stories, like conjuring tricks, are invented because history……" — Steven Millhauser
"Stories, like conjuring tricks, are invented because history is inadequate for our dreams."
More Conjuring Quotes
- I hold the view that the alchemist’s hope of conjuring out of matter the philosophical gold, or the panacea, or… — Carl Jung
- Sometimes doubting is not a lack of faith, but an expression of it. Sometimes to doubt is to merely insist… — Mark Buchanan
- If we're capable of conjuring up terrifying monsters in childhood, why shouldn't some of us, at least on occasion, be… — Carl Sagan
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- Conjuring is the only absolutely honest profession - the conjuror promises to deceive, and does. — Unknown Author
- ... a lively imagination can exercise itself most fully and creatively in conjuring up magnificent combinations. — Siegbert Tarrasch
- Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. — Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin
- All acting is an act of imagination. You are simply conjuring up imaginary circumstances in your mind and responding truthfully… — Tom Hiddleston
- I've always seen the songs as having a consciousness. Since I was two-and-a-half they would come to me from nowhere.… — Tori Amos
- Following Jesus is not about diligently keeping a set of rules or conjuring up the moral fortitude to lead good… — Francis Chan
- Therein lies the social significance of art: It is constantly at work educating the spirit of the age, conjuring up… — Carl Jung
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