Quotes with tightrope

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• A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

  William Arthur Ward
  American writer and poet (1921 - 1994)
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• Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.

  Brene Brown
  American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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• The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

  Vince Lombardi
  American football player (1913 - 1970)
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• This is the word tightrope. Now imagine
  a man, inching across it in the space
  between our thoughts. He holds our breath. There is no word net. You want him to fall, don't you?
  I guessed as much; he teeters but succeeds.
  The word applause is written all over him.

  Standing Female Nude (1985)

  Carol Ann Duffy
  British poet and playwright (1955 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• well-developed
• themselves
• vulnerable
• illicits
• thoughts
• succeeds

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