Ricky Jay Quotes

I wasn't obsessed by magic. People say, 'How you can you claim you practiced eight hours a day and weren't obsessed?' Well, people go to a job they don't even like for eight hours a day; it's not obsessive if it's something you like.

Ricky Jay

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DayJobPeopleMagicYouGo

The way that UCB taught us to improvise, you always start from an inspiration from your life, something that's happened to you or a friend. And then you put a comic game onto it. It always starts from a place of reality, of truth.

Jessica St. Clair

LifeFriendTruthStartGameYou

Cancer initiates due to a wide variety of causes, some of which are outside of our control or already occurred during our childhood.

Joel Fuhrman

ChildhoodControlOutsideVariety

I always have my passport on me, as well as two currencies.

Jennifer Morrison

MeTwoAlwaysPassportWell

If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it, they're first to join.

Andrew Shue

LeaderTeenPeopleCoolThinkYou

For me, it's important to have a team and coach and manager that I know, and they know me, so they are not coming to me with everything.

Angelique Kerber

MeTeamKnowImportantManager

I think that every minority in the United States of America knows everything about the dominant culture. From the time you can think, you are bombarded with images from TV, film, magazines, newspapers.

Spike Lee

TimeCultureThinkAmericaYouFilm

Sometimes I was so busy being tuned in to outside ideas, expectations, and demands, I failed to hear the unique music in my soul. I forfeited my ability to listen creatively to my deepest self, to my own God within.

Sue Monk Kidd

MusicGodSoulIdeasBusySelf

What really motivates you to try to work things out as an actor is in large part fear, because you want to get into that narrative and bring the audience along.

Annette Bening

WorkFearYouWantActorTry

It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces.

Shawn Johnson

ThroughGoingHoursAboutPutting

Too often, borrowers who need quick cash end up trapped in loans they can't afford.

Richard Cordray

EndTrappedNeedQuickUpCash

I became enamored with photography when I was about 13 or 14 years old. I've been at it ever since. I studied seriously in the '70s.

Leonard Nimoy

PhotographySeriouslyOldYearsBeen

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

Keri Russell

StruggleValueWorldWorthActing

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