Edmund Hillary Quotes
In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed.
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On Earth, men are seen as superior because of their physical strength, but it means nothing in space, where there is no gravity.
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Going to bed can cause imaginary conversations you should have had with certain people or real conversations with your brother who is calling from a bar in a different time zone.
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.
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This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Birth was the death of him.
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The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life.
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It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter.
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Anticompetitive practices hurt Chinese private firms nearly as much as foreign ones.
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He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means 'I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve'. It's easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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I won't do things for money. I can't. So I'll hold out and say, in my mind, 'There's a really cool diner down the street from my house. They make really good pancakes; I'd be happy doing that.'
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In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed.
