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" It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it. "

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" I have a fear of water, believe it or not. To put a wire 12 feet over a swimming pool frightens me. I don't like water. "

" 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. "

" I will never fall prey to celebrity because I am too busy. I have other things to do than look at myself in the mirror. "

" As I'm studying magic, juggling is mentioned repeatedly as a great way to acquire dexterity and coordination. Now, I had long admired how fast and fluidly jugglers make objects fly. So that's it. I'm 14; I'm becoming a juggler. "

" I rendezvous with the long wire and perform the 'torero walk', gliding my feet, holding the pole away from my body, head high. "

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" I did a walk in 1973 illegally in the northern side of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. "

" I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing. "

" I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street. "

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" Right after my Twin Towers walk, I was approached by hundreds of people, and I said no to all the offers. I could have become a millionaire overnight, obviously, but I said no, and I continue to be uninterested. "

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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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