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...David: I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it. Which is really in the tradition of Houdini, who was an escape artist but who was really doing things: training hard, keeping a serious regimen. For the coffin, I read about an Indian fakir who was buried alive for a month. I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there. I got a coffin in Brooklyn and I started practicing sleeping...
...Both, hopefully. When I do these, I try figure out how to make them look as interesting as possible, so it's not just about the actual challenge but also about the image. So I guess you could consider that sort of using magic as an art, and using endurance as an art by creating an image around it. I like to think about these things as if each one is its own chapter...
...hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder. And by magic, I don't think there is a clear definition. I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think...
...There's still a lot that I want to do with magic. I still want to make an amazing show that people can come see every night. That's something I've been working on for over 15 years now. It would be the most intense and poetic magic show that I could ever put together...
...noted that he had "exactly 1,361 days remaining" in his term and wanted them "to be the best days in America's history." "Tonight," he continued, "I ask for your prayers to help me in everything that I do throughout the days of my presidency." Then came the magic words: "God bless America and God bless each and every...