Abby Lee Miller
Abby Lee Miller

I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.

Adam Lashinsky
Adam Lashinsky

If you crave further confirmation that Silicon Valley is a magical place where magical thinking reigns, consider the tale of Roku, the video streaming company that filed to go public Friday, when alert people everywhere were headed out for a long weekend.

Aileen Lee
Aileen Lee

Starbucks did this magical thing where it took a product that people didn't really care that much about and made it this treat. It makes you feel better about your day and gives you a chance to reflect, makes you feel a little special.

Aimee Bender
Aimee Bender

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the emotional life of the character.

Aimee Bender
Aimee Bender

For me, even in my first book, the pleasures of writing anything magical is that it has to be physical. It has to be grounded and very much in this world. Then, I get to play with all the consequences of this new thing.

AJ Tracey
AJ Tracey

Everyone around me does music, so I just kind of knew. It wasn't some magical moment. There were loads of other things I wanted to do. I wanted to be a lawyer, for example, because I just love arguing, but it wasn't on the cards.

Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau

The Metropole Orchestra is like Count Basie or Duke Ellington with strings... it's strings that swing. Strings that swing like Dizzy Gillespie... keep swinging, baby. And when you have all of that special excellence of the Metropole Orchestra, then your music just flies - it soars in a way that's really magical.

Alana Stewart
Alana Stewart

I'm not searching for that magical Daddy, but I would like to find a partner in life, because I feel like finally I know what love is and what love isn't.

Alethea Kontis
Alethea Kontis

Have you ever had that moment when you looked back on something and said, 'Well, gosh, that seems obvious now... why didn't I see it then?' I like to call this the Face Palm Epiphany. Oh, hindsight, you magical, humbling thing.

Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney

There's something magical about a home run. It almost violates the space of the stadium. It's a game of the imagination in some ways. Baseball.