Bertrand Piccard Quotes
My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
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Sometimes I wake up, I feel like, I'm like 80-years-old.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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The best way to get to know the place you are traveling in is to walk around... and the best way to walk around is with comfortable shoes! Grab your travel buddy and your running shoes and go explore!
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.
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You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less.
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They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin. Mary and Laura had seen it once before, but it looked different now.
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I mean, my music career and my acting career - if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it's going to be a bit of a balancing act. But I'm hoping they'll just go hand in hand.
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We would not give up our own country - Ireland - if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country of the Young along with it.
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For me, spiritual practice is a lot closer to art than science.
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When I was in Turks & Caicos, a bug jumped out of my room service menu. That kind of freaked me out.
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All the promises we made in the beginning, did we forget because we were busy? Or are we already too busy forgetting?
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Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane.
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A woman can look incredibly sexy in a black suit.
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My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.
