Ricky Jay Quotes

I do think deception... There's something kind of odd about tricking people for a living, but ultimately, it's a remarkably honest profession, when you think about it. If you violate that code, and you say you're not using camera tricks, and then you do, I actually think that's a kind of serious moral issue.

Ricky Jay

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PeopleThinkCameraYouKindLiving

I've always done just pretty much what I wanted to do. I mean, I just did a thing for a small press called 'Zeppelins West' that's nothing but an absolute, over-the-top farce, almost like an Abbott & Costello, alternate-universe Western.

Joe R. Lansdale

SmallDoneNothingMeanAlwaysWest

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

Jim Brown

BasketballThoughtLovedProfessional

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.

John Boyd Orr

PowerGreatReligionPossibleAlways

Mother Nature comes up against reality, and the reality is that the system doesn't work.

John Garamendi

WorkNatureMotherEnvironmentalUp

You're basically competing with the same exact product. Coke and Pepsi are at least in different cans. Lyft and Uber drivers are just swapping out the mustache for the U on the dashboard, depending on which one they're getting the call on.

Troy Carter

YouProductMustacheSameOutCall

What appealed to me about 'The Loved Ones' script was that it had this really theatrical element to it. I thought that the scope of this character is so broad, and there is so much fun to be had playing a crazy teenage loner. It was a great way to explore the delusions a mind can create.

Robin McLeavy

CharacterGreatFunMindMeCrazy

The first thing I feel like we have the potential to do is to deliver to consumers more roots to their home.

Michael K. Powell

HomeRootsPotentialFeelFirst

I grew up around a lot of feminine energy.

David Walton

EnergyUpFeminineAroundLotGrew

If you're passionate about the world, and if you really look closely at everything around you, each thing can be transformed into a shoe, or into a part of a shoe.

Christian Louboutin

WorldYouLookShoePassionatePart

At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them.

Cory Monteith

BestParentsDecisionsYouHuman

I think as long as I can tell you a story about people that you understand, it doesn't matter if you don't like what they do; you understand why they did it.

Courtney A. Kemp

PeopleStoryThinkLongYouI Can

I can do anything. In GQ, I appeared as a man.

Boy George

ManI CanAnythingAppearedGQ

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