Philippe Petit Quotes
I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.
Philippe Petit
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
Victoria Principal
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
Carine Roitfeld
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
Irvine Welsh
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
Malorie Blackman
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From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.
Olav Thon
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
Imelda May
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
Dana Stabenow
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
Wendelin Van Draanen
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I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin.
Gary Oldman
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
Garry Trudeau
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
Eddie Van Halen
Van Halen
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
Katee Sackhoff
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Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.
Peter Gabriel
Genesis
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When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.
W. E. B. Du Bois
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People come up and say very nice things about my work, like, 'You were great in 'Blood Diamond!'
David Harewood
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'See, there’s a bit of a problem here. It’s true that editors are always begging for something new and different, but if you’re dumb enough to try to give it to them they don’t recognize it. When they ask for ‘different,’ what they mean is something right down the good old ‘different’ groove.'
Frederik Pohl
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I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.
Philippe Petit
