11 Quotes by Drummond Money-Coutts

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    Being able to elicit the feeling of the unfathomable in intelligent adults is like falling in love.

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    I arrived at school pensive, introverted, and not very sporty, so magic became a place of mystery and intrigue, an escape for my boyish mind.

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    Ten years ago, TV cookery shows were about a man or a woman following recipes. Now, it's all about journeys and campaigns and less about the actual chopping and dicing. That's what I'd like to do with magic.

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    I think there's a huge amount of magic on television, which is slightly vapid: there's no real meaning or message behind it; it is simply a trick.

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    I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love; you can only see magic by the effect it has on people.

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    I've never categorically been a banker. I had two internships while I was at university. The decision was more banking, or magic, and I went with the latter.

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