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"When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old..." — Philippe Petit
When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more interested in pure manipulation than in all the silly little tricks in the box.
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