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Voices
away by their talks. When I
watched these amazing people on
stage presenting world-changing
ideas, I almost found it funny
that they would even consider
asking me to speak.
Learning to hold my breath
for 17 minutes was an exciting
challenge, but here, there was
no block of ice, or coffin lid, or
even a deck of cards separating me from the crowd. Standing
on stage for 20 minutes to talk
DAVID
BLAINE
about the experience was terrifying, and I spent most of my time
leading up to it locked in my
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Blaine
withstands
one million
volts of
electricity at
a 2012 show
in New York.