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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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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'Mvula' is my married name, but for some reason my nan calls me 'McVula.' I'm not sure if it's one of those jokey Caribbean things, or whether she's just getting it wrong.
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I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.
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Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
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The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.
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'Aura' is what one reflects in the heart, what you bring into the world, and what people want to learn from you.
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They fashioned a tomb for thee, O holy and high one The Cretans, always liars, evil beasts, idle bellies! But thou art not dead: thou livest and abidest forever, For in thee we live and move and have our being
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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.
