A Conversation with Penn Jillette
TheThinkingAtheist
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The Mystery of Magic
I wanted there to be a mystery to the magic. We are searching for beauty, we are searching for symmetry. Few things feel better in life than the ahaa of understanding. The tricks they give away won't fit in a half hour shot. They don't care. No one takes that gig because you're not going to get anything out of it. As a matter of fact, Valentino did a big career unveil himself and said, this is who I am. And then never working in any sort of national theater again.
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