Harry Houdini Quotes

• Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.

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• 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.

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• The great day of the Fire-eater – or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater – has passed.

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• The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.

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• No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

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• 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.

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• It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

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• Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol.

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Harry Houdini (17)

Birth:	24th March, 1874
Death:	31st October, 1926
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Magician, Stunt Performer

About

Harry Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungary. He was a Hungarian-born American magician, actor, pilot and stunt performer. 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. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can. As President of the Society of American Magicians, he was keen to uphold professional standards and expose fraudulent artists. He was also quick to sue anyone who imitated his escape stunts. He was also a keen aviator, and aimed to become the first man to fly a plane in Australia. His role in several films include: Haldane of the Secret Service(film director, producer), The Man from Beyond(screenwriter), Terror Island, The Grim Game, and The Master Mystery.

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