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Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
Actor
Circus Performer
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Jongleur
Magician
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