- Nov 07, 2020
Magic Quotes
For the moments that feel bigger than explanation.
This page brings together quotes on magic across holidays, fiction, and performance - including a reflection on Christmas losing some of its old wonder over the years, and a love for escapist fantasy worlds. Related theme: Art.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Fanatical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fanatical about movies: African, European, Viking, Roman. I got into witchcraft and magic from watching 'Bewitched' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' which shows in some of my outfits. I dress to reflect the whole spectrum of the universe.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass.
- Catalog
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would honestly be elated if I could wave a magic wand and eradicate my back catalog and then have a fresh crack at some of those ideas.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it's just more satisfying when you follow the rules rather than just make a bunch of sounds. The magic of just making noise in the studio goes away after a while.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction - spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff. These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie screen.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the 'Star Wars' movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free speech' or 'due process' - or potato chip.
- Monkey
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- Nov 07, 2020
The newly released movie 'Noah' features a retelling of the creation story that clearly depicts Darwinian evolution transforming a single-cell organism into a monkey. The movie also seems to show magic in scenes more reminiscent of the occult than of the Bible story.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to record songs, like, play the beat from one phone and have another phone recording me and just rap. Moving from that to a studio was like, 'Damn, I never knew I could sound like this.' It was just magic.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
- Faraway
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a whole beautiful world out there, and it was like riding a magic carpet, getting to know exotic, faraway places.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like all sciences, chemistry is marked by magic moments. For someone fortunate enough to live such a moment, it is an instant of intense emotion: an immense field of investigation suddenly opens up before you.
- Nov 07, 2020