Harry Houdini Quotes
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I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.
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I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, and exhaust myself again; but do I feel pain? Never. How can I feel pain? There is no place for it.
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My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear.
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Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.
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My Brain is the key that sets me free.
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Pickpockets either work alone or in pairs, or what is called a mob.
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The pickpocket is usually very well dressed and of prepossessing appearance.
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The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.
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How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public.
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The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.
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Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.
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I'm tired of fighting...
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An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.
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They do tricks even I can't figure out.
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I am not an irretrievable skeptic. I am not hopelessly prejudiced. I am perfectly willing to believe, and my mind is wide open; but I have, as yet, to be convinced. I am perfectly willing, but the evidence must be sane and conclusive.
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Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.
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Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.
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No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.
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No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.
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The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed.
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I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country.
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It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.
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What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.
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I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death. That's what attracts us to the man who paints the flagstaff on the tall building, or to the 'human fly' who scales the walls of the same building.
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A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.
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But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.
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My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion.
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The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do.
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Look at this life - all mystery and magic.
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