Erik Weihenmayer Quotes
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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My parents aren't married. And one of the reasons why they never got married is because they had been married before, and they liked it the way it was. They didn't feel like they needed a piece of paper to be committed. So for me, I know that marriage is not a golden ticket.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
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Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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I am not an image. I am a human being.
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What’s your name?' she asked, and surprised herself. But for some reason, she wanted to know. Dean’s brother—he hadn’t been just some nameless Bad Guy Number Four. This vampire wasn’t,either. He had a name, a history, maybe even people who cared what happened to him. My name is none of your business,' he said, and continued to stare out the window, even though there was nothing but blurry brick out there. Can I call you None for short?
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I am completely half afraid to think.
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My dad's great. He's my biggest supporter. He's always told me that whatever I choose to do, I can do it. I just gotta put my mind to it.
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I'm human, just like anybody else.
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I told the guys that the team is going to double- and triple-team Kobe at the end. So he's not going to get the ball. Somebody else is going to have to step and make shots.
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If ever a player was out of his class that night it was me.
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India.
