Tricks Quotes - Page 29

• She's just playing a trick on us. This is just an Alaska Young Prank Extraordinaire. It's Alaska being Alaska, funny and playful and not knowing when or how to put on the brakes.

  John Green

  Alaska, Knowing, Pranks

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.106, Penguin

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• On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to this government's farm policy. On the other hand, the Republicans are telling the farmers that the high cost of manufactured goods on the farm is due to this government's labor policy. That's plain hokum. It's an old political trick: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em." But this time it won't work.

  Harry S. Truman

  Government, Hands, Cities

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1964). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks.

  Thomas Hardy

  Tess Of The D Urbervilles, Novel, 50 Shade Of Grey

  Thomas Hardy (1892). “Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”

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• There is a trick to flying. The angels told me." He had smiled at my wide-eyed awe. "You need to forget everything you know as a human being. When you are human, you discover that there is great power in hating the earth. And it can almost make you fly. But it never will." I had frowned, not quite understanding him. "So, what's the trick?" "Love the sky.

  Anne Fortier

  Hate, Angel, Forget Everything

  Anne Fortier (2010). “Juliet: A Novel”, p.148, Ballantine Books

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• The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.

  George R. R. Martin

  Lying, Heart, Eye

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.474, Bantam

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• . . . people use tricks to get you to think the way they do or take away something you have that they want. One way they do that is to interrupt your normal way of thinking and take you by the hand and guide you down the path they want you to take. Father says they make you take a teeny-weeny step in their direction, and then they start to nudge you a little further down the path and before you know it, you're running full speed with them in a direction that you probably wouldn't have gone alone.

  Christopher Paul Curtis

  Running, Father, Thinking

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• Failure happened. The trick was to accept the risk and try anyway.

  Ilona Andrews

  Risk, Trying, Accepting

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Bayou Moon”, p.80, Penguin

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• There's no district 12 to escape from now, no Peacekeepers to trick, no hungry mouths to feed. The Capitol took away all of that, and I'm on the verge of losing Gale as well. The glue of mutual needs that bonded us so tightly together for all those years is melting away.

  Suzanne Collins

  Years, Melting Away, Together

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.

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• If you smile, even if you’re feeling bad, the action of the muscles will trick your brain into thinking you’re happy

  Candace Bushnell

  Thinking, Feelings, Brain

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• Mind your own Brazilian!" The words fly out of my mouth before I can stop them. Oops. OK. The trick when you've said something embarrassing by mistake is not to overreact. Instead, keep your chin up and pretend nothing happened.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Mistake, Mind, Mouths

  "I've Got Your Number: A Novel". Book by Sophie Kinsella, 2012.

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• Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies.

  George R. R. Martin

  Lying, Believe, Deceit

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• We can be seduced...by powerful political groups that promise more wealth and lower taxes. Those with power can use clever, psychological tricks and play upon our weaknesses and brokenness in order to attract us to their way of thinking. We can be manipulated into illusion.

  Jean Vanier

  Clever, Powerful, Thinking

  Jean Vanier (2003). “Finding Peace”, p.53, A&C Black

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• The cake had a trick candle that wouldn't go out, so I didn't get my wish. Which was just that it would always be like this, that my life could be a party just for me.

  Janet Fitch

  Happy Birthday, Party, Cake

  Janet Fitch (2002). “White Oleander”, Large Print Press

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• Once you've ruled out the impossible then whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth. The problem lay in working out what was impossible, of course. That was the trick, all right. There was also the curious incident of the orangutan in the night-time.

  Terry Pratchett

  Night, Work Out, Orangutans

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8)”, p.70, Random House

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• Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Distance, Way, Intention

  Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman (2004). “Scar Tissue”, p.188, Hachette UK

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• Sometimes, when you crave certain feelings, you'll trick yourself into thinking the other person is something other than what he apears.

  Ilona Andrews

  Thinking, Feelings, Sometimes

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.185, Penguin

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• Something must always remain that eludes us ... For power to have an object on which it can be exercised, a space in which to stretch out its arms ... As long as I know there exists in the world someone who does tricks only for the love of the trick, as long as I know there is a woman who loves reading for reading's sake, I can convince myself that the world continues ... And every evening I, too, abandon myself to reading, like that distant unknown woman.

  Italo Calvino

  Reading, Elude Us, Space

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• It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

  Ivan Goncharov

  Integrity, Sacrifice, Negotiation

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• Maybe I’ll keep you.” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet human around. I could teach you tricks.” “I have a trick for you,” said Artemis, and he fired a single blast from the gun.

  Eoin Colfer

  Nice, Gun, Pet

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• We know from myths and fairy tales that there are many different kinds of powers in this world. One child is given a light saber, another a wizard's education. The trick is not to amass all the different kinds of power, but to use well the kind you've been granted.

  Susan Cain

  Children, Light, Different

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.266, Broadway Books

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• The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of the reasons why I can't believe in any orthodox religion: I cannot believe in my own soul. No, I am a chemical compound, conditioned by environment and education. My "character" is simply a repertoire of acquired tricks, my conversation a repertoire of adaptations and echoes, my "feelings" are dictated by purely physical, external stimuli.

  Christopher Isherwood

  Atheist, Believe, Character

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• Why didn’t you tell me there was danger? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance of discovering in that way; and you did not help me!

  Thomas Hardy

  Way, Helping, Chance

  Thomas Hardy (1892). “Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”

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• The best swordsman in the world may be disarmed by a trick that's new to him.

  C. S. Lewis

  World, May, Swordsman

  C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol II: Prince Caspian”, p.75, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

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• The trick to having obedient, unquestioning children was to have death be the other option

  James Patterson

  Children, Obedient

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• Sanity - a trick of agreement

  Allen Ginsberg

  Agreement, Sanity

  Allen Ginsberg, Viktor Sosnora (1993). “Kaddish”

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