Eric Shipton Quotes
Only an easy scramble remained and we were there, on the hitherto untrodden summit of Nelion.
Eric Shipton
Quotes to Explore
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Father expected a good deal of God. He didn't actually accuse God of inefficiency, but when he prayed his tone was loud and angry, like that of a dissatisfied guest in a carelessly managed hotel.
Clarence Day
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Aristotle
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
Honore de Balzac
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Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.
Helen Keller
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When we label human beings and flatten them to just a splashy headline, we lose decency and the truth.
Amanda Knox
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If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own. We listen to people in other denominations and religions. We don't find demons in those with whom we disagree. We don't cozy up to people who mouth our jargon. If we are open, we rarely resort to either-or: either creation or evolution, liberty or law, sacred or secular, Beethoven or Madonna. We focus on both-and, fully aware that God's truth cannot be imprisoned in a small definition.
Brennan Manning
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Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases
Barbara Taylor Bradford
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President Obama and Vladimir Putin are both in China attending the same economic summit. Obama saw Putin and said, 'After those midterms, it's nice to finally see a friendly face.'
Conan O'Brien
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President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.
Conan O'Brien
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Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.
Brennan Manning
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The repeal of don't ask, don't tell didn't change things for transgender people in the military. What it has done, though, I think, is it has taught our military leaders that they don't need to be afraid of these issues.
Allyson Robinson
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Definitely, I think I fulfill a very funny Indian stereotype because I love technology. It's something I've always been interested in.
Manish Dayal