Philippe Petit Quotes
If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire, to be able to juggle six hoops, you need focus, another word for tenacity, which is passion.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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Eventually, the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you,' really kind of cool you know.
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
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I came from drama school, and it's a group of 18 people working together in every single production and splitting up the roles for three years, so I am very much about the team.
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As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.
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What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form.
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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You can't let the highs get too high and you can't let the lows get too low.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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She's definitely an angel sent from above. How can that not rub off on a man? What can I say? I'm a mama's boy.
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Like the UAE, we have been thinking of the time after hydrocarbons for a very long time.
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I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer.
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If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire, to be able to juggle six hoops, you need focus, another word for tenacity, which is passion.
