Philippe Petit Quotes
I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
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Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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Being evil is easy.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
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I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
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Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine.
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Love is the one wild card.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway.
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If I am told to be at a shoot at 10 A.M., I am ready on time. By 11:30, I lose my patience. After that, I keep threatening to leave the sets if they don't begin soon. It works sometimes.
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A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, or HIV. I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay doesn't make one witty... the only thing that makes one an artist is making art.
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I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
