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Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.

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Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.

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In real life, the most important decision you ever make is, where does reality leave off and make-believe begin? If you make a mistake about that, you're dead. You know, you're out on the street corner. You think there's no bus coming. You step out, you're dead.

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Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.

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When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.

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Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do that?' then the experiment was successful.

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If you do something that you're proud of, that someone else understands, that is a thing of beauty that wasn't there before - you can't beat that.

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Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.

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Doing beautiful things is its own reward.

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Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: February 14th, 1948

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