Philippe Petit Quotes
On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me.
Quotes to Explore
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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole makeover idea, and I'm a sap for love, of course.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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My father was born in Newark, New Jersey, and my mother was born in Philadelphia. They both went to Stanford for grad school and met there.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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If you did something in 1975 that you deeply regret and that you now can recognize as having been profoundly irresponsible, for example, the only way to be lifted out of deep regret and the pain over it is through atonement - through the kind of remorse that leads to genuine atonement, the making of amends, and forgiveness of self and others.
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'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bash Old Etonians. It was always the class and privilege aspect of that world that I was most drawn to. There is something endlessly fascinating about imagining something you could never be involved in.
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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
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You have need of learning, children, in order that the whorl will someday have need of you.
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For true augmented reality, the display would have to dynamically focus, which would require additional hardware on the glasses to read your eye.
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On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me.
