French - Celebrity | August 13, 1949 -
My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester.
Philippe Petit
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On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude that such could not happen.
HopeLongWillWindsHappenHigh
I am not up there by chance. I am there by choice. And I know the wire. And I know my limits. And I am a madman of details.
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It's always easy to describe something complex by applying to it an already known label.
EasyAlwaysComplexSomethingLabel
I, like everybody else, have a certain fear of heights, and I have to be very careful when I am in the clouds, but it is also what I love; it is my domain, so when you love something, you don't have fear.
LoveFearI AmCloudsYouHeights
I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.
I AmNeverHighPoetStuntsWire
I wanted all my life to give my world into other arts - books, plays, movies - but I didn't want to sell out.
LifeWorldMy LifeWantMoviesOut
I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.
SchoolGoStreetUniversityOut
I am a thief of knowledge, and in a survival way, I had to solve all the problems around me.
KnowledgeI AmMeProblemsSurvival
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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