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Jim James Musician
Magic

"Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything."

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Anais Nin Writer, Diarist
Magic

"The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love."

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Shel Silverstein Poet, Songwriter, Author
Magic

"Magic Sandra’s seen a leprechaun, Eddie touched a troll, Laurie danced with witches once, Charlie found some goblins gold. Donald heard a mermaid sing, Susy spied an elf, But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself."

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Jorge Luis Borges Writer, Poet
Magic

"Then he reflected that reality does not usually coincide with our anticipation of it; with a logic of his own he inferred that to forsee a circumstantial detail is to prevent its happening. Trusting in this weak magic, he invented, so that they would not happen, the most gruesome details."

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Derren Brown Illusionist
Magic

"In magic we have a variety of "uses" for our art beyond magic itself, which reminds me of the notion of art therapy. The rendering of art inferior to therapy is an interesting one: interesting in the sense that it makes me want to vomit angrily."

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Christopher Hitchens Author, Critic, Journalist
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"I learned that to be amusing was not to be frivolous and that language - always the language - was the magic key as much to prose as to poetry."

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Kanye West Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
Magic

"What's the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes that it's possible."

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Lynn Abbey Author
Magic

"During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions."

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W. Somerset Maugham Novelist, Playwright
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""Do you like card tricks?" "No, I hate card tricks," I answered. "Well, I`ll just show you this one." He showed me three."

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