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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I still am very street - I just have nicer clothes. I'm not ashamed of that.
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The human spirit is itself the most wonderful fairy tale that can possibly be. What a magnificent world lies enclosed within our bosoms! No solar orbit hems it in, the inexhaustible wealth of the total visible creation is outweighed by its riches!
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.
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I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.
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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.
