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I think that, when you die, you go back to where you came from before you were born. So I don't think death is a bad thing.
David Blaine
Death
You
Before
Think
Back
Bad
Born
Bad Thing
Came
Go
Were
Die
Where
Thing
I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.
David Blaine
Back
Magic
Like
Years
Years Ago
Place
Used
Bring
I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.
David Blaine
Types
Out
Magic
Could
Put
Pieces
Always
Doing
Wanted
Really
Illusions
Things
I do a lot of research on what people have done in the past.
David Blaine
People
Past
Research
Lot
Done
In The Past
I think anybody can do any of these if they train. I don't recommend it, but anybody could do it if there was a need.
David Blaine
Think
Recommend
Could
Train
Any
Anybody
Need
I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.
David Blaine
Isolation
Idea
Obsessed
Fasting
I remember finding a Houdini book at the library and seeing an image of him chained on the side of a building. He looked so intense and scary, and I couldn't get that image out of my head. That started building up my love of magic.
David Blaine
Love
Library
Book
Remember
Building
Side
Out
Finding
Seeing
Magic
Scary
He
Head
Houdini
Looked
Him
Up
Get
Intense
Chained
Image
Started
Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.
David Blaine
Love
Art
You
Illusion
Slight
Magic
Know
Also
Well
Hand
Wonder
Than
Where
Different
Which
Create
Use
Showmanship
I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.
David Blaine
You
Think
Gave
Everything
Kind
He
Caesar
Over
Anticipation
Did
Crashed
Then
Credibility
Fountain
My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.
David Blaine
Teacher
Art
Me
Science
Mother
Free
Parks
Take
She
Exhibitions
Wanted
Literature
Show
Museums
As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater for 45 minutes - how do you recover from that? It's not a miracle. Something allows us to survive.
David Blaine
You
People
Breath
Else
Kid
Minutes
Miracle
About
Something
Recover
Longer
How
Underwater
Heard
Survive
Than
Anybody
Anybody Else
Hold
Stories
To Survive
Then
Us
Used
I consider myself a showman, and I love magic, and I love art, and I love performance, and they're all separate.
David Blaine
Love
Art
Myself
Consider
Magic
Performance
Separate
If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.
David Blaine
Time
You
Could
Hours
Spot
Length
Asked
Certain
Stand
I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling a deck of cards, is pretty simple. It's practice, it's training, and it's - It's practice, it's training and experimenting, while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be.
David Blaine
Best
Training
Simple
Practice
Holding
Breath
Pain
Think
Pretty
Magic
Through
Pushing
Experimenting
Whether
While
Deck
Shuffling
Cards
Condemnatory conservatism isn't anything I'm interested in.
David Brudnoy
Conservatism
Anything
Interested
People tend to overstate my resilience, but, of course, I hope they're right.
David Brudnoy
Hope
People
Tend
Course
Overstate
Right
Resilience
I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
David Copperfield
Youth
Amazing
Secret
Something
Caused
Discovered
Lot
Controversy
Which
Keep
Fountain
There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.
David Copperfield
Job
Every
Tornado
Find
Safe
Within
Spot
It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.
David Copperfield
Secrets
Magicians
Unspoken
Reveal
Ethic
Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.
David Copperfield
Technology
Back
Magic
New
Days
Robert
Always
Hand
Hand-In-Hand
Walked
New Technology
Even
My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected participants from the audience that make it fresh and provide some of the best comic relief.
David Copperfield
Best
Old
Added
Randomly
Evolving
Relief
Tricks
Constantly
Some
Stays
Selected
Dropped
Participants
New
Make
Audience
Fresh
Comic
Comic Relief
Provide
Old Ones
Show
I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.
David Copperfield
Magic
Pushing
Always
Been
Interested
Forward
I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.
David Copperfield
You
Out
Like
Act
Figured
If I was gay, why would I hide it?
David Copperfield
Gay
Hide
Would
Why
It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.
David Copperfield
God
Me
Gay
Way
Okay
Make
Magic is my paint.
David Copperfield
Magic
Paint
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