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For the most part, any serious magic show is not using very much technology newer than theatrical lights.

Penn Jillette

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Actually, no, but I am close to the people who are working on Chicken Little, and I'm very close to the people over at Pixar. I mean, as far as stories are concerned, almost everything we have could be told that way.

Joe Grant

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I start every morning at 7 or 7:30 in the same place - my little office where it's dark and cozy - with a cup of the same really strong black coffee. It's my little cocoon. There's no phone or fax or Internet. And no music.

John Grisham

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To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

John Leguizamo

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At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind.

Amanda Harlech

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I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies.

Mike Stoller

My OwnBecomeWriteOwnSongsToo

In the course of my life, for more than half a century, June 1989 was the major turning point. Up to that point, I was a member of the first class to enter university when college entrance examinations were reinstated following the Cultural Revolution (Class of '77).

Liu Xiaobo

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Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

Jonathan Swift

GoodQualityThoughtsWillConvince

In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.

Don Rickles

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When I used to have braces, I would match my rubber bands to the season.

Brad Goreski

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Dance must have a precision without fault.

Arielle Dombasle

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Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.

Alice Thomas Ellis

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I had really great parents who always gave me lots of opportunity for choice, but I didn't always realize how rare that was for a girl for them to say, 'You can be a mom or have a career or do both or do something we haven't thought of yet.'

Ally Condie

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