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.
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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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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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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.
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I think that I've had a very strange life.
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there are elements of truth in all great fiction
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In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.
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What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have the passion for something then I can succeed. I haven't been listening to my heart in the last little while.
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At the end of our lives, we’ll discover that the best legacy we can leave our family and friends is our passion for the Savior.
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In 2005, I visited my home state of Texas, spending time on a ranch outside the town of Post. Then spending some time on a large ranch outside Archer City. I was taken by just how few young people I saw anywhere.
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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.
