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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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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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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You don't need to know my name. You'll forget it soon enough.
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Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many young men and women feel like, no matter how hard they try, they may never achieve their dreams.
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Judges have no actual power of enforcement. They don't have troops to carry out orders. They have no power of the purse. Yet our system of laws depends on lowly citizens and presidents abiding by court rulings.
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I think that any time reality doesn't match your expectations, it means that marketing was involved.
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The goals and expectations that people have for me are pretty high, but ... if I were to have to compare their expectations to mine, I would say mine are ten times higher.
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Society imposes low expectations of those who have disabilities”
