Philippe Petit Quotes
Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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Never in a million years would I think I'd play in a Super Bowl.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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With every film that you do, you're always so nervous. You feel exposed because you know people will see this eventually. You sort of have to put all that out of your head. What will be will be. But it's nerve wracking.
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During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.
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You know sometimes it's not the bigger roles that give you the most satisfaction, yeah?
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In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
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When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.
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The 'politics of memory' policy appears to work largely by insinuation.
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To people who are reliving a trauma, nothing makes sense; they are trapped in a life-or-death situation, a state of paralyzing fear or blind rage. Mind and body are constantly aroused, as if they are in imminent danger. They startle in response to the slightest noises and are frustrated by small irritations. Their sleep is chronically disturbed, and food often loses its sensual pleasures. This in turn can trigger desperate attempts to shut those feelings down by freezing and dissociation.
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Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent delight in them are the growth of taste and knowledge.
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Teenagers all think their life is a movie. If you break up with someone or you have a fight, you walk around with movie scores playing in your head. You sort of see yourself suffering as you're suffering. There's a lot of melodrama attached to the real events of your life.
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Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.
