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James G. Frazer Quotes

The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed.

James G. Frazer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: scottish
Birth: January 1, 1854 - May 7, 1941

Topics

Magic Distance Contact Act Things

You know what's good? Going on the ice and knowing that you don't have to skate when the whistle blows. All my life I've been the one skating.

Joe Sakic

Life Good My Life Ice You Know

I find it really liberating to be in a place where I am a foreigner in every way. I've lived with this all my life - this divide, this bifurcation. And in Italy, I don't feel it. There's none of that tension, only the expectation I place on myself to speak the language well. I find it relaxing. Something drops away, and I observe.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Life Myself I Am Speak Language Way

The first video I ever watched was on a Beta system because everyone thought Beta was the way but then it ended up being video so we backed the wrong horse.

Joel Edgerton

Thought Horse Wrong Way First Up

I always knew I could make it in baseball.

Andrew Benintendi

Baseball Always Make Knew Could

I've done hip-hop videos, family comedies, a quirky comedy.

Steve Carr

Family Comedy Done Hip-Hop Quirky

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Sophocles

Man Blind See Things Off Far

When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it.

Srikumar Rao

Change Good Money Yourself Effort

I don't want to be your hero. I want to be your brother. You know, I want to be your family member. I want to be your equal.

Tom Shadyac

Family Hero Brother You Know Want

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

Michael Moriarty

I Am Celebrity Very Privileged Am

The Wilmington, Delaware, television station that bills itself as The Family Minded Station is Channel 69.

Jonathan Carroll

Family Television Bills Wilmington

I think miniatures are still superior to a lot of computer graphics.

Douglas Trumbull

Think Superior Computer Still Lot

The opportunity to re-imagine a favorite cult-classic from my high school years is an honor. Toxie is an underground icon. My favorite kind.

Conrad Vernon

Opportunity School High School Honor