If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire, to be able to juggle six hoops, you need focus, another word for tenacity, which is passion.

Philippe Petit
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  1. When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. - Jess C. Scott

  2. As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin. - Pablo Neruda

  3. The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last. - Nicholas Sparks

  4. Sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love - Unknown

  5. By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this --One of you is lying. - Dorothy Parker

More Quotes By Philippe Petit
  1. It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.

  2. To fight adversity, to improvise, to solve problems, and to save the coup, I had gathered all my senses into unusual configurations, which made me grow wild and enhanced my perceptions.

  3. Wirewalker, trust your feet! Let them lead you; they know the way.

  4. It cannot be done all at once. To overpower vertigo - the keeper of the abyss- one must tame it, cautiously.

  5. When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more interested in pure manipulation than in all the silly little tricks in the box.

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