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Harry Houdini [1874-1926] Hungarian

Rank: 101
Entertainer, Illusionist

Harry Houdini was an American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts . He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the US and then as "Harry Handcuff Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up.

Business, Experience, Men, Women

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What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.		101
But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.		102
My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.	Business, Men	103
Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.		104
I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic.		105
It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.	Women	106
Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.		107
Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.		108
It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.		109
To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm.		110
But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.	Experience	111
I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary.		112
How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public.		113
The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.		114
Pickpockets either work alone or in pairs, or what is called a mob.		115
A common pickpocket trick is for the operator to carry a shawl or overcoat carelessly over the left arm, and to take a seat on the right side of the person they intend to rob in a streetcar or other vehicle.		116
I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country.		117
In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally.		118
No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.		119
The pickpocket is usually very well dressed and of prepossessing appearance.		120
Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol.		121
Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat.		122
The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed.		123

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