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The mechanisms inside me tick like a criminal. My mind works like theirs, and criminals can smell it when they're around me - but I choose not to use it in a bad way. I just choose to do good things.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Around Bad Bad Way Choose Criminal Criminals Good Good Things Inside Just Like Me Mechanisms Mind Smell Things Tick Use Way Works

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I was doing all these hand exercises, trying to move things like other kids, catch things like other kids, and change my reflexes, and I guess I just didn't stop. That's why if somebody says to me, 'Can I learn this?' I will say, 'Probably, if you can get the psychology right.'

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Catch Change Doing Exercises Get Guess Hand Just Kids Learn Like Me Move Other Other Kids Psychology Right Say Says Somebody Stop Things Trying Why Will You

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I wouldn't be able to do the things I do if I hadn't been around and seen the stuff my brothers did.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Able Around Been Brothers Did Seen Stuff Things

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When I became a teen, I ran into a friend at a magic shop who took me under his wing. I started reading up on magical theory and immediately blended that with what my brothers had shown me.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Became Blended Brothers Friend Had His Immediately Magic Magical Me Ran Reading Shop Shown Started Started Reading Teen Theory Took Up Who Wing

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There are two kinds of magic. If you think of it like martial arts, there's sparring, where you are doing it with a partner, and the other is kata, where you're doing an exposition for the audience.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Arts Audience Doing Kinds Like Magic Martial Martial Arts Other Partner Sparring Think Two Where You

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Many times, illusions or magic sets are designed as an exposition for the audience to watch, but the the style I do with the pickpocketing is directly interactive.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Audience Designed Directly Illusions Interactive Magic Many Sets Style Times Watch

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I think that's kind of my forte is that I tell people beforehand that I'm going to steal from them. And a lot of people think that that makes them safe, and hopefully I wake them up a little bit.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Beforehand Bit Forte Going Hopefully Kind Little Little Bit Lot Makes People Safe Steal Tell Them Think Up Wake I Think

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One time, I had a guy, when I was performing at Caesar's Palace, and during the course of the show, I offered him an anniversary gift for him and his wife, and it was her watch wrapped in a little package.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Anniversary Caesar Course Gift Guy Had Her Him His Little Offered One Time Package Palace Performing Show Time Watch Wife Wrapped

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Think about it this way - if you have five senses, and they're all feeding into one place, kind of like a bottleneck, then now your mind has to make decisions of what is important and what is going to be above the radar and what's going to be below the radar.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: About Above Below Decisions Feeding Five Going Important Kind Like Make Mind Now Place Radar Senses Then Think Way You Your

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Usually I'll tell someone, for example, like their watch. If they have a watch on, I might say, 'In three minutes, I'd like to be wearing your watch. Do I have your permission?' Once they say yes, I play a little game with them as I'm interacting with them, and I steal their watch.

~Apollo Robbins

Topics: Example For Example Game Interacting Like Little Might Minutes Once Permission Play Say Someone Steal Tell Them They Say Three Watch Wearing Yes Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Professions

Born: Unknown

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