Ed Viesturs Quotes
It reminds me of a very wise saying about mountaineering that my wife, Paula, repeats often: “Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, you don’t.

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I think there's more pressure to stand out in a way that is measurable externally. The fame culture is definitely way worse and weirder than it was when we were in high school.
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People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.
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Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat not happiness, but some end external to it, as the purpose of life.
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Men who not religious or artists are fools.
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The act of love is a confession.
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In response to Java Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going to affect anything we do at Microsoft has his head screwed on wrong.
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I'm just a big homebody and love word games like Scrabble and Boggle.
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The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.
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We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and though we are so weak of ourselves, this grace is able to carry us through every obstacle and difficulty.
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We want to be, when we are young, A little man. I would like to be a big child, Stronger and fairer than a man, And more lucid than a child.
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A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.
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Praise is a contradiction of pride. Pride says 'looks at me,' but praise longs for people to see Jesus.
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Let the market, not politicians, determine the flow of rice, oil and other commodities. Lower, more stable prices will ensue.
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Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.
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I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.
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It reminds me of a very wise saying about mountaineering that my wife, Paula, repeats often: “Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, you don’t.