Philippe Petit Quotes

What I think tailors the creativity of most people are the rules that we learn from the age we are very small - in school, our parents.

Philippe Petit

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AgeCreativitySchoolParentsPeople

I look at tattoos as a commitment to life.

Jeff Hardy

LifeCommitmentLookTattoos

Wish I could, through my own financial prestidigitation, transform a dollar bill into two, or two million. It is an awesome and mysterious skill.

Michael Ian Black

FinancialWishSkillMy OwnAwesome

I have a personal issue with Shakespeare. When I first encountered him, he made me feel thick. Well, not him, but the productions I saw.

John Tiffany

MeFeelPersonalFirstHimSaw

I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.

Sidney Crosby

LoveIcePlayComfortableSomething

You can't tell stories and really walk in someone's shoes and not have a love for them, even if they're doing horrible things.

Shonda Rhimes

LoveShoesWalkSomeoneDoingYou

The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny.

Rowan Williams

HistoryTyrannyInevitableNothing

Singing is my dream and, while it may have not been a commercial success, critically I was thrilled with the reception my first album got.

Minnie Driver

SuccessSingingDreamFirstMayGot

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.

Lucy Liu

CharacterLanguageYouCostumeOnce

The idea of going into the property business and collecting rent four times a year and waiting for five-year rent reviews has limited appeal.

Lloyd Dorfman

BusinessWaitingYearRentProperty

The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game.

Johnny Rivers

GameInternetNewBallWebWhole

Facebook has never been merely a social platform. Rather, it exploits our social interactions the way a Tupperware party does. Facebook does not exist to help us make friends, but to turn our network of connections, brand preferences and activities over time - our 'social graphs' - into money for others.

Douglas Rushkoff

TimeMoneyBrandConnectionsHelp

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.'

Claire Messud

DogPeopleMeStoryLadyUnknown

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