Alain Robert Quotes

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Alain Robert

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 7, 1962

Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.

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I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.

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Sometimes doing the forbidden can be nice.

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In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.

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People need to learn to live with more risk.

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Authorities arrest me, release me, and then invite me back to host public events. I think it's interesting.

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If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.

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Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.

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We are living in a world where everything is based on security.

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With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.

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Life has to be dangerous.

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When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it.

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When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.

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I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.

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To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.

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Whenever I climb I have to also entertain.

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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.

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Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.

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It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.

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I don't want to follow the herd.

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