Philippe Petit Quotes
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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I never liked you, and I always will.
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Saving a life overrides territories.
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You go to a technology conference or an engineering conference, there are very few women there. At the same time it's a blessing in the fact that you do get noticed. People tend to remember you as the only woman in the room 'who said that', or the only woman in the room who was an engineer.
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Obama and his attack dogs have nothing but hate and anger in their hearts and spew it whenever possible.
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Let me lay emphasis on the opportunity now presented in the United States for observing and, if we are wise, aiding in what I think it fair to say is the grandest opportunity ever presented of developing the finest race the world has ever known out of the vast mingling of races brought here by immigration.
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Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world in weeks.
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I remember Glenn Miller coming to me once, before he had his own band, saying, How do you do it? How do you get started? It's so difficult. I told him, I don't know but whatever you do don't stop. Just keep on going.
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A room is like a stage. If you see it without lighting, it can be the coldest place in the world.
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I love to remember the World Trade Centre walk, but it should not define me.
