Edmund Hillary Quotes
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our weird little creative circle, no one cares who has faster fists, but to lose an argument suggests inferior intelligence.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.
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There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.
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When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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I've always tried to vote my conscience.
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It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.
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On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
