“Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.”

— James Randi

Documentary An honest liar http://www.transcriptsearch.com.es/id/MVMl36t2cLc

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Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic 1928

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