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Apollo Robbins

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At the zoo, people would gather around the railway to see the snakes being fed, and my brothers would walk around the group, taking from purses or bags or using a razor to cut pockets and take wallets. Apollo Robbins

When we think of misdirection, we think of something as looking off to the side when, actually, the things right in front of us are often the hardest to see: the things that you look at every day that you're blinded to. Apollo Robbins

Day You Every Day Looking Every Think Side See Something Look Blinded Off Front Often Us Hardest Actually Right Things

Normally, when I'm not performing or stealing, I second-guess myself; I have doubts. Apollo Robbins

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A lot of magic is designed to appeal to people visually, but what I'm trying to affect is their minds, their moods, their perceptions. Apollo Robbins

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Usually, when people watch magic, there are two levels: the people who walk away accepting that there are things they don't know, and the other group, who wants to know, 'How did it work? How did that happen?' They want to unravel the puzzle. Apollo Robbins

Our absolutes should always be hypothesis. They should never be confirmed as fact because everything that we construct through our perceptions, through our memories, is so corruptible. The skills that I have can really display that. Apollo Robbins

Memories Our Everything Perceptions Construct Fact Through Absolutes Never Hypothesis Because Always Confirmed Really Should Skills Display

I was doing all these hand exercises, trying to move things like other kids, catch things like other kids, and change my reflexes, and I guess I just didn't stop. That's why if somebody says to me, 'Can I learn this?' I will say, 'Probably, if you can get the psychology right.' Apollo Robbins

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When I became a teen, I ran into a friend at a magic shop who took me under his wing. I started reading up on magical theory and immediately blended that with what my brothers had shown me. Apollo Robbins

There are two kinds of magic. If you think of it like martial arts, there's sparring, where you are doing it with a partner, and the other is kata, where you're doing an exposition for the audience. Apollo Robbins

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I think that's kind of my forte is that I tell people beforehand that I'm going to steal from them. And a lot of people think that that makes them safe, and hopefully I wake them up a little bit. Apollo Robbins

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One time, I had a guy, when I was performing at Caesar's Palace, and during the course of the show, I offered him an anniversary gift for him and his wife, and it was her watch wrapped in a little package. Apollo Robbins

Usually I'll tell someone, for example, like their watch. If they have a watch on, I might say, 'In three minutes, I'd like to be wearing your watch. Do I have your permission?' Once they say yes, I play a little game with them as I'm interacting with them, and I steal their watch. Apollo Robbins

I can analyze how I do things, but the actual doing it - when the synapses just start firing - I can't explain. Apollo Robbins

Analyze Firing How Doing Just Explain Actual Things Start

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