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• ‟ I am a thief of knowledge, and in a survival way, I had to solve all the problems around me.

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• ‟ For years, I have been working on crossing the Grand Canyon. Actually, there is nobody who says 'no,' but since this is a project that comes from me and not a commission, I have to find the money, plan the logistics, etcetera.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ There is a child inside me that wants to come out and do something to surprise all the adults.

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• ‟ How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass and concrete fell down, when actually they took with them thousands of human lives? That is the actual tragedy. But those towers were almost human for me. I was in love with them, and that's why I married them with a tight rope.

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• ‟ My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.

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• ‟ Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.

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