Philippe Petit Quotes

I started very early, from five or six years old, to climb. To climb trees, to climb rocks everywhere I could. At some point, of course, I used a rope.

Philippe Petit

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ClimbTreesEarlyRocksOldRope

If your No. 1 priority isn't winning, and people can tell? That's the battle. Now there's a problem between people, because that guy's No. 1 priority is winning, and that guy's isn't.

Jimmy Butler

PeopleWinningBattleProblemNow

'Beck-Ola' is a weird album.

Joe Bonamassa

WeirdAlbum

I definitely binge watch. My schedule is so inconsistent and crazy and hectic that if I get a chunk of time, it's like, 'Oh, sweet, I have three hours. I'm going to watch three episodes of 'Peaky Blinders' right now.'

Jesse Lee Soffer

TimeSweetCrazyNowThreeSchedule

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.

Matt Smith

FamilyHistoryLevelPlayedDad

I'm a shy human being.

Ang Lee

ShyHumanHuman BeingBeing

I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.

Tony Campolo

WorkCommitmentCityWorldDoing

First you wonder if they're separate stories, but no, they're not, they're contingent stories and they form a pattern. And you begin with some of the island as the place to which the heroine of the book returns.

Robert Creeley

BookYouWonderPlaceIslandFirst

I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it's important we are able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies or the follies or vanities of people in power.

Rory Bremner

PowerPeopleDemocracyThinkLaugh

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

Robert W. Service

PeopleSocietyToughBetterYouGet

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.

Mary Astell

SoulSelfSheHerCreatorThing

I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.

Mo Yan

WriteUpCountrysideAboutI Write

Everybody talks smack during games.

Anthony Bennett

GamesSmackEverybodyTalks

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