Edmund Hillary Quotes
I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more people. There's more 'now' mentality and energy. Intellectually, it's a lot more interesting.
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I've always had a complicated relationship with sleep. Even as a little kid, I never wanted to go to bed - it always seemed unfair in some way.
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I have a lot of vanity.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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I love acting, but I'm not too crazy about money or fame. They don't drive me.
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A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre.
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I'm not being really intelligent in my film choices; I'm just landing the opportunity when it comes.
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There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.
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I don't want to get on the treadmill of earning more money. I'd rather live cheaply and allow myself more freedom. I can honestly say I've never taken a film just for the dough, although I've made some ghastly mistakes.
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We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.
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Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was providing himself with a refuge from all the distress of life; he did not know either that he was creating for himself an unreal world which would make the real world of every day a source of bitter disappointment.
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Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself.
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I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.
