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There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.
David Copperfield
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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Entertainer
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Metuchen
New Jersey
David Seth Kotkin
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When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.
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For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness.
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I learned that there were two ways I could live my life: following my dreams or doing something else. Dreams aren't a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. When I dream, I believe I am rehearsing my future.
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The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.
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I had a point of view, which was different. I looked at magic as theater, as storytelling, and I tried to have an approach that was different from what they were doing. How can I move people and really get them to dream with a card trick, with coin magic, or even a piece of stage magic?
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I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
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Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.
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Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.
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