Philippe Petit Quotes
Certainly, in the story of my life, the walk between the Twin Towers was one of the grandest, one of the most memorable, but not solely the grandest and the most memorable.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
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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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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Fear is one of the worst, and most limiting, emotions in life.
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Songs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don't get me.
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I have almost no memory of my parents ever speaking to each other. They split up on bad terms. I assumed that's what family life was like. Just essentially a soap opera.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response-you need the audience to tell you where to go.
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Certainly, in the story of my life, the walk between the Twin Towers was one of the grandest, one of the most memorable, but not solely the grandest and the most memorable.
