Alain Robert Quotes

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

  Alain Robert

  Thinking, Interesting, Events

  FaceBook post by Alain Robert from Feb 10, 2014

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• There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.

  Alain Robert

  People, Comfort, Want

  "Alain Robert: 'French Spiderman' on his death-defying stunts". Interview with Stefanie Blendis, Rosie Tomkins, Teo Kermeliotis, www.cnn.com. April 21, 2010.

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

  Alain Robert

  Drinking, Climbing, Eating

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

  Alain Robert

  World, Security

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• We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.

  Alain Robert

  Strong, Goal, Limits

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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.

  Alain Robert

  Giving Up, Healing, Risk

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

  Alain Robert

  Believe, People, Computer

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

  Alain Robert

  Feelings, Want, Cop

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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.

  Alain Robert

  Mean, Climbing, Lasts

  "Alain Robert: 'French Spiderman' on his death-defying stunts". Interview with Stefanie Blendis, Rosie Tomkins, Teo Kermeliotis, www.cnn.com. April 21, 2010.

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• People need to learn to live with more risk.

  Alain Robert

  People, Risk, Needs

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• Life has to be dangerous.

  Alain Robert

  Dangerous

  "Alain Robert: 'French Spiderman' on his death-defying stunts". "Revealed" Interview, www.cnn.com. April 21, 2010.

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

  Alain Robert

  People, Six Months, Speech

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• I don't want to follow the herd.

  Alain Robert

  Want, Herds

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• I enjoy every climb - maybe it's because it's a literal dance between life and death.

  Alain Robert

  Life And Death, Enjoy, Climbs

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• Whenever I climb I have to also entertain.

  Alain Robert

  Climbs

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• Soloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of school for courage, willpower and self-confidence.

  Alain Robert

  Beautiful, School, Self Confidence

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

  Alain Robert

  Hiking, Shapes, Facts

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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.

  Alain Robert

  Keys, Parent, Seven

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• Sometimes doing the forbidden can be nice.

  Alain Robert

  Nice, Being Nice, Sometimes

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• I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the structure, and I am also Alain Robert.

  Alain Robert

  Melting, Structure, Feels

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• I see myself as a climber and an activist.

  Alain Robert

  Activist, Climbers

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• All these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden.

  Alain Robert

  Hiking, Mountain, Building

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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.

  Alain Robert

  Rocks, Feelings, Elements

  Interview with Ard Arvin, www.buildering.net. June 4, 2006.

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• I love all people, whatever race they are.

  Alain Robert

  Race, People

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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.

  Alain Robert

  Building, Wells, Climbs

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