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Mr. Mystoffelees

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I haven't changed anyone's opinion in
3361 Posts
Posted: Oct 2, 2010 5:01pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Mr. Mystoffelees  

"The rope was magic in my hands, as I did 'Sandsational'. 'Here's yur rope, pardner, and thanks for the loan-I'm ready to hang now', I said as they stared up at me on my horse' "

Jim

As I felt the soft, cool mud squish between my toes, I thought "Man, these are not very good shoes" Jack Handey
Capote

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Posted: Dec 31, 2011 10:50am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Capote  

"A Magician is not a Magician because he knows tricks, but because he knows Magic -- the principles, the fundamentals." Harlan Tarbell.
Pop Haydn

Inner circle
Los Angeles
1037 Posts
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 11:34am    Pop Haydn is on-line  Reply with quote   View Profile of Pop Haydn  

Quote:

On 2004-11-02 03:27, tommy wrote:
"The more I learn of people the more I love my dog"

One of the great magicians said something like that but I can not recall who it was. The guy hated magicians?

Thanks for the list, its great.

Tommy


That quote is attributed to Charles De Gaulle.

--Pop Haydn
The Sphere of Destiny
Pop's Soapbox
Pop Haydn in the 21st Century
Los Angeles magician
tommy

Eternal Order
Devil’s Island
13338 Posts
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 12:20pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of tommy  

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.
Ben Okri

If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.

Tommy
panlives

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2088 Posts
Posted: Jan 1, 2012 12:53pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of panlives  

"Excessive vanity proves the undoing of many experts."
-S.W.E.

"Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
"To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
"The dog did nothing in the night-time."
"That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes.
Pop Haydn

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Los Angeles
1037 Posts
Posted: Jan 2, 2012 2:22pm    Pop Haydn is on-line  Reply with quote   View Profile of Pop Haydn  

Some people think they are invisible when they are merely transparent.

--Pop Haydn
The Sphere of Destiny
Pop's Soapbox
Pop Haydn in the 21st Century
Los Angeles magician
tommy

Eternal Order
Devil’s Island
13338 Posts
Posted: Jan 3, 2012 6:16am    Reply with quote   View Profile of tommy  

Judge by cause, not by effect.

-Egyptian Temple

If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.

Tommy
Mr. Mystoffelees

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I haven't changed anyone's opinion in
3361 Posts
Posted: Jan 3, 2012 10:11am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Mr. Mystoffelees  

Abracadabra

As I felt the soft, cool mud squish between my toes, I thought "Man, these are not very good shoes" Jack Handey
Brad Burt

Inner circle

2412 Posts
Posted: Jan 3, 2012 11:07am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Brad Burt  

A paraphrase of Raymond Feist: "The real secret of magic is that there is no magic."

Brad Burt
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RussellJ

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Sheffield, UK
1 Post
Posted: Feb 26, 2012 8:32am    Reply with quote   View Profile of RussellJ  

"Effective magic is transcendent nature."

-- GEORGE ELIOT, Middlemarch
Jon Blakeney

Special user

562 Posts
Posted: Jun 3, 2012 1:25am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Jon Blakeney  

What the eye's see ,the heart must believe-----------Dai Vernon.

'What the eye's see the heart must believe"
cirrus

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his minions made
1486 Posts
Posted: Jun 3, 2012 8:14am    Reply with quote   View Profile of cirrus  

"What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes." - Harry Houdini
Quote:

On 2012-01-03 11:07, Brad Burt wrote:
A paraphrase of Raymond Feist: "The real secret of magic is that there is no magic."


Is that the first rule or the second rule of magic club?
Decomposed

Eternal Order
Cannot See
10612 Posts
Posted: Jun 6, 2012 1:52am    Reply with quote   View Profile of Decomposed  

Great thread brought back. Thank U.

90 seconds of pure laughs without a standing ovation!
djurmann

Inner circle

1270 Posts
Posted: Jun 8, 2012 7:14pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of djurmann  

All done by kindness - David Devant

- Ignorant but seeking.

- "All done by kindness."

- Fellowship across differnces
critter

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Spokane, WA
2334 Posts
Posted: Jun 8, 2012 8:05pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of critter  

"Honest, I only cheat a leetle."
-Malini

I throw stuff.

Follow Critter on Twitter: @Critterdun

Ichi-go ichi-e

"Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage."
-Theodore Roosevelt
Jim Sparx

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Far Out, Texas
1125 Posts
Posted: Jun 8, 2012 8:12pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Jim Sparx  

I pronounce wand like hand. Got a problem with that?

Spartacus died for your sloth
critter

Inner circle
Spokane, WA
2334 Posts
Posted: Jun 8, 2012 10:36pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of critter  

"I'm a dice man!"

I throw stuff.

Follow Critter on Twitter: @Critterdun

Ichi-go ichi-e

"Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage."
-Theodore Roosevelt
Pop Haydn

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Los Angeles
1037 Posts
Posted: Jun 9, 2012 2:20pm    Pop Haydn is on-line  Reply with quote   View Profile of Pop Haydn  

"There are only two kinds of people in the world, suckers and people that can be had. Everyone can be had, but a sucker will always bet you $50 that he can't be had. Maybe magicians are around to remind us we can all be had, so we don't become suckers." -- Eric Severeid

--Pop Haydn
The Sphere of Destiny
Pop's Soapbox
Pop Haydn in the 21st Century
Los Angeles magician
Brad Burt

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2412 Posts
Posted: Jun 9, 2012 8:48pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Brad Burt  

Quote:

On 2012-06-08 20:12, spartacus wrote:
I pronounce wand like hand. Got a problem with that?



Nope! I pronounce the word orange like apple for the exact same reason.

Brad Burt
Brad Burt's Magic Shop Online
www.bradburtsmagicshop.com

Brad Burt's Private Lesson Teaching DVDS:
http://www.nexternal.com/bburt/Category18
Dynamike

Eternal Order

20621 Posts
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 7:29am    Dynamike is on-line  Reply with quote   View Profile of Dynamike  

"It is not about the 'trick', it is how it is presented."

---Dynamike

Dynamike
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Pop Haydn

Inner circle
Los Angeles
1037 Posts
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 11:42am    Pop Haydn is on-line  Reply with quote   View Profile of Pop Haydn  

"It's not about the diamond ring, it's how it is presented in a little jewelry box and its pretty wrapping!"

--Pop Haydn
The Sphere of Destiny
Pop's Soapbox
Pop Haydn in the 21st Century
Los Angeles magician
Dynamike

Eternal Order

20621 Posts
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 12:09pm    Dynamike is on-line  Reply with quote   View Profile of Dynamike  

LOL

Dynamike
Oakland County Magician Macomb County Magician Wayne County Magician Detroit Magician Detroit Clown
Pop Haydn

Inner circle
Los Angeles
1037 Posts
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 12:11pm    Pop Haydn is on-line  Reply with quote   View Profile of Pop Haydn  



--Pop Haydn
The Sphere of Destiny
Pop's Soapbox
Pop Haydn in the 21st Century
Los Angeles magician
Zombie Magic

Inner circle
I went out for a beer and now have
6553 Posts
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 12:41pm    Reply with quote   View Profile of Zombie Magic  

Quote:

On 2010-04-10 23:31, Bill Palmer wrote:
..... Silly Walter has fairly much concealed his identity. All we know about him is that he dislikes Brad Henderson.



Both have "This member's profile is currently unavailable". Were they the same person?
artofmisdirection

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6 Posts
Posted: Jun 25, 2012 11:23am    Reply with quote   View Profile of artofmisdirection  

Large Action Arrest Small Action
Dai Vernon

Posted: Jun 25, 2012 11:26am
"A larger action covers a smaller action." Care must be taken however to not make the larger action ...
Dai Vernon...
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