Philippe Petit Quotes

This moment where we think we rest, when the brain is floating, you know, in sleep, is actually a moment where I could be very creative in a very strange, uncontrolled way.

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• Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.

  

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• I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

  

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• You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.

  

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• My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.

  

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• My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.

  

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• You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.

  

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• Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.

  

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• I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.

  

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• All we talk about is 'Islamic terrorism.' If the two words are associated for long enough it's obviously going to have an effect on how people think about Muslims.

  

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• Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

  

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• There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

  

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• I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.

  

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• I tell you, in this country, you don't get much of an education. Throughout high school, through junior college, which is all I went, I didn't know anything about the annihilation of all the Indian nations that were here.

  

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• Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.

  

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• The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality.

  

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• You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window.

  

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• Well, the future of the Internet is... Reality.

  

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• I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.

  

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• This moment where we think we rest, when the brain is floating, you know, in sleep, is actually a moment where I could be very creative in a very strange, uncontrolled way.

  

  Philippe Petit
  • Rest
  • Sleep
  • Brain