Philippe Petit Quotes

If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat me up on the shoulder and the head, I would not move. You would not put me out of balance. You would not be able to. I am solid as granite when I am on the tight rope, and I should be.

Philippe Petit

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BalanceI AmMeYouWoodShoulder

I'm not really the party person. I don't 'become myself' once I'm drunk. I don't use alcohol to be happy.

Jessie J

MyselfHappyBe HappyAlcoholDrunk

God was alive when this universe exploded into existence. He was alive when Socrates drank his poison. He was the living God when William Bradford governed Plymouth Colony. He was the living God in 1966 when Thomas Altizer proclaimed him dead and Time magazine absolutely absurdly put it on the front cover.

John Piper

GodTimeUniverseAliveLivingDead

It's just about feelings. And the thing is we - everybody lives exactly the same things. We are all humans, even if you speak Spanish or whatever you speak. That's just - we are humans, and that's really interesting. And I'm sure that we can understand each other even if you don't understand my language.

Stromae

SpeakLanguageInterestingYouSame

A lot of times I'll make films that are mostly character-driven films - stories that involve people. Like, I make the joke: I like to make movies about human beings that live on Earth.

Rob Reiner

LivePeopleEarthMoviesHumanJoke

I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in young minds and points us to questions beyond the material.

Michael Sandel

FamilyChildrenReligionQuestions

I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.

Molly Ringwald

PeopleWritingBookThinkKindHear

I'm not even religious, but I get fanaticism. I get the appeal of it.

Jon Krakauer

GetEvenReligiousFanaticismAppeal

My father was a general manager with Hyatt, so we lived in the hotel so he would be close by if there were any problems. My mum was always adamant about us not abusing it. So I still had to clean my room. Housekeeping would never come and do it.

Dianna Agron

FatherProblemsHotelManagerNever

I'm okay with not having a super-secure lifestyle because if you're doing what you like, you don't need stuff to fill any empty holes.

Constance Wu

DoingYouLifestyleOkayNeedEmpty

There is something to not always reminding people of a show they've already seen, but instead embracing the one right in front of him. I am Cody, and I can promise you that the future is going to be even better than the past.

Cody Rhodes

FuturePastI AmPeopleBetterYou

Some of my favorite shows are Ricky Gervais' 'Extras' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'

Brian Dunkleman

EnthusiasmFavoriteYourSomeShows

My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans.

Susan Lucci

FatherMotherParentsDifferentBoth

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