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As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things.

I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.

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Indian street magic tends to be very gory, blood and guts. One trick is for a magician to take a knife and appear to cut his kid's head almost off. The magician then says to the crowd, 'Well I can continue to cut off my son's head or you can all give me some money.' Then he wanders around and takes 10 rupees from everyone and restores his son.

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Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.

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Neuroscientists are novices at deception.

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As a kid, I was a Hitchcock lover; I cared about the dark side of things.

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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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I believe in art.

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Doing beautiful things is its own reward.

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

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The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.

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

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People take reality for granted.

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Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science.

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Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.

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If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there.

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People come up to me on the street and make some little joke - like they'll say, 'Excuse me, sir, what time is it?' And I'll say, you know, '5:15,' and they'll say, 'Hey! Made you talk!' And that's merely a way of saying, 'I know your work and I like you.'

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Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun.

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Nobody who is a Penn & Teller fan thinks of us first and foremost as magicians, but as a comedy team.

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