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One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally.

Penn Jillette

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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
Actor
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