Erik Weihenmayer Quotes
People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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There's nothing that's in an actor's control. I've learned at this point you do things and you let them go. There's no way to control the outcome. The only thing I have any sort of reign over is my own experience.
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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The recession's high unemployment rates may have encouraged people to start sole proprietorships, but there are many obstacles in the way of growing a company to create jobs.
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I think to get a title shot, you need to have some expressive winnings.
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The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.
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My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine.
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I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I'm a redneck.
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The biggest difference with Twitter and writing long form is you're part of a virtual community where you know people, or think you know them, through their links.
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I was so young when I got so famous, and then I kind of put up a wall around myself. I didn't really want to show people any fragilities or fears; I was trying to be this tough person that I felt was expected of me.
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The average commercial radio listener in America is not looking for lofty, intellectual subjects. This isn't brain surgery. It's about striking the passion of the people.
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You make a record because you have to chart your progress, not only for yourself, but for your audience.
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I'm one of those artists that doesn't actually hate my old hits. I love Boston music. I really like 'More than a Feeling.' After playing it to myself in a basement for such a long time, I'm happy to do it out on stage.
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Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people.
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Some men feel threatened by the idea of feminism. This comes, I think, from the insecurity triggered by how boys are brought up, how their sense of self-worth is diminished if they are not 'naturally' in charge as men.
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You say your life's a bum deal 'n yer up against the wall. Well, people, you ain't even got no deal at all. 'Cause what they do in Washington. They just takes care of Number One. An' Number One ain't you. You ain't even Number Two!
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I find motivation anytime I need it, no matter how bad I’m hurting I can push through anything
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It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.
