Ricky Jay Quotes

I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable on stage, so a large portion of my act did come from ad-libs.

Ricky Jay

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The Zambesi is a big river; there's no crocodiles on 4 Mile Run.

Jim Fowler

RiverRunBigMile

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Ambrose Bierce

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You're going to see ups and downs your whole career.

Tony Parker

Ups And DownsYouCareerSeeGoing

How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

Mohsin Hamid

BigResortMeansHowMany

As a female pilot, the sacred rose garden in my heart is the motherland's blue sky.

Liu Yang

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I want to appeal to everyone. Because I'm not saying I'm the best, but we the best.

DJ Khaled

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Russia isn't going to start a war. They can't afford it. I think Mr. Putin can be dealt with if we stop screaming at him. You can work with the guy. You just have to know who he is.

Colin Powell

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When I would first come to New York on tour, I hated the place.

Conor Oberst

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Boys used to call me Soda in school days. Soda means 'serving officers daughters association.' I miss those days when I had a very protected life: one could get close and bond with other army people that they gradually would become your extended family.

Anushka Sharma

LifeFamilySchoolPeopleMeBond

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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I want to earn a reader's capacity to be moved.

Antonya Nelson

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