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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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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One thing I learn - I've been in practice now for half a century or more, and the most important ingredient for an architect to do a good building is to have a good client. I think a client counts for as much as fifty per cent.
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I guess I'm just a frustrated cowboy.
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There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
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The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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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.
