Often people only hear and...
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Often people only hear and see what they wish to hear and see. There are many stories told about the famous magician, Harry Houdini. One of his favorite ploys was to offer the local authorities wherever he happened to be performing the opportunity to lock him up in their jail cells. So proficient was his ability to pick locks that, once locked up, he usually could escape within minutes. On one occasion things failed to go as he had planned. He was locked up as usual in his street clothes behind the steel door. Quickly he removed the flexible steel wire he kept hidden in his belt for purposes of picking locks. Something seemed different about this door. After nearly thirty minutes, things seemed unchanged. After an hour, he was tired and sweating, but nothing caused the lock to budge. Nearly two hours passed and still the Great Houdini remained a prisoner. Finally, the magician collapsed against the door his strength spent. The door easily swung open having never been locked and bolted in the first place. The only thing imprisoning the great illusionist was his own illusion that the door was locked.
