Philippe Petit Quotes
I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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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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What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.
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If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.
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But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise.
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I mean, if you decided to go out today and get you an instrument and do whatever it is that you do, no one can tell you how you're going to do it but when you do it.
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The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice. The rich are always advising the poor; but the poor seldom return the compliment.
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What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter and then the painting.
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I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
