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It’s a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be, But it wouldn’t be make-believe If you believed in me
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84: Books 1 and 2
Houdini was himself a master of publicity and self-aggrandizement, yet he also championed the little guy and had a fondness for old retired showmen.
Teller Jim Steinmeyer • Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
PT Barnum’s number-one rule was “Get Attention.”
Jesse Cole • Fans First
We are our own auditors.
Dan Ariely • Dollars and Sense
The public never heard the name Dircksian Phantasmagoria. Dircks happily accepted five hundred pounds for the idea and waived any future royalties, merely asking that his name be attached to the invention.
Teller Jim Steinmeyer • Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
As a showman, he saw these exposures as fuel to the fire, a bucket of kerosene rather than a bucket of water.
Teller Jim Steinmeyer • Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
amazon.com
Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour is doing insane numbers and is on pace to be the first to gross $1 billion.
Her take-home profit will be $500m+. https://t.co/l3cmr5a2hB
