"You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. / You must not force yourself to stay steady. You must move forward."

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Source : Philippe Petit (1985). “On the High Wire”, Random House Incorporated

Philippe Petit

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“This notion that I was somehow special and deserving of a more involved education was wrong.I was smart at taking tests, but I knew how smart some of my friends were; they were just smart in different ways.”

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“A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going to battle, facing the cannon's mouth, and encountering the enemy in the field.”
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“It takes three facts to make a truth.”
“travel is compost for the mind”
“Without tact you can learn nothing.”
“I'm a small-town guy, and moving to a huge city might be an adjustment.”
“A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or itâ€™s really hard to catch.”

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