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My journey has always been the balance between chaos and order.

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When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible.

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Notre Dame and Sydney - that was nothing. Notre Dame doesn't have a police station; it is not 1,000 or so feet high. It was a public structure, very easy to access. And Sydney Harbour Bridge was half-and-half: a bridge, in the middle of the night. The World Trade Center was the end of the world. Electronic devices, police dogs.

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I am a wire-walker. I can walk any time, anywhere - I'm indestructible.

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Certainly, in the story of my life, the walk between the Twin Towers was one of the grandest, one of the most memorable, but not solely the grandest and the most memorable.

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An intellectual challenge presents itself? I am in bliss. Instantly, it brings forth the notion of triumph.

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The impossible - we are told - cannot be achieved. To overcome the 'impossible,' we need to use our wits and be fearless. We need to break the rules and to circumvent - some would one say to cheat.

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On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied.

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I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed a certitude, a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other side. If not, I will never do that first step.

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When a loved one disappears, you continue to live with the accompaniment of that person. One has to find a balance between joy and sorrow.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Celebrity

Born: August 13th, 1949

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