Philippe Petit Quotes
I needed more knowledge in rigging and knotting. I started collecting books on knots and really learning more and more. That's how it started. And also in magic, of course. With a piece of rope, you can do magic.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will.
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Our main source of economy is agriculture. What we should do is to use the oil money that we have today to re-fuel agriculture. And so agriculture will be the backbone of the economy of South Sudan.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.
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You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
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My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.
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I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.
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Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
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Their [Phoenix] audience wasn't into us at all. The way most of the venues worked was there was no alcohol on the floor so usually during our set most people were in the lobby getting their drink on.
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I also believe that if we're serious about change, we need to have a real discussion about public financing for congressional elections.
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I needed more knowledge in rigging and knotting. I started collecting books on knots and really learning more and more. That's how it started. And also in magic, of course. With a piece of rope, you can do magic.
