Philippe Petit Quotes

I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed a certitude, a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other side. If not, I will never do that first step.

Philippe Petit

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FaithStepMeBridgeWorldNever

Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.

John Oliver

DemocracyAmericanBackboneInjury

When I was fifteen, I spent three weeks driving all over Brooklyn with a guy who was following his girlfriend.

Michael Cimino

DrivingBrooklynThreeGirlfriend

If there were some recipe that would make all of our children really sane and civic-minded and hugely intelligent, I think we'd probably all do it. But I don't know that there is a recipe for creating that.

Amanda Peet

ChildrenThinkCreatingKnowRecipe

I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in their families, and I did. So I always knew that it was possible.

St. Vincent

ParentsPeopleThinkMusiciansWant

Hate crime and hate speech must not be tolerated. Our policy and lawmakers and those who uphold the law must protect the most vulnerable in our society.

Sinead Burke

HateLawSocietySpeechProtectWho

There's an authenticity in just being who you are and not having an act about it or wear clothes you normally wouldn't wear. I'm just comfortable in my own skin.

Luke Combs

ClothesYouSkinComfortableMy Own

Every song is like a painting.

Dick Dale

MusicPaintingSongLikeEvery

I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are able to sustain ourselves in spite of ourselves.

Ntozake Shange

ArtJoyHealingThinkForceGive

Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare.

Rick Scott

PeopleWelfareShowThanHigher

Comedy shouldn't be restrained under the belt of normality.

Rhys Darby

ComedyBeltRestrainedNormality

When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.

Marlo Thomas

FriendshipFriendMotherGratefulMe

I work out every day. It's part of my life. That's one of the benefits of having kids in school full-time.

Kelly Ripa

LifeWorkDaySchoolMy LifeOut

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