Alain Robert Quotes
If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.
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My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
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It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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I used to hate being recognised.
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I've only cried at one book, but I'm too embarrassed to tell you which. It wasn't terribly intellectual. I will admit, though, to crying when I've read books aloud to my elementary class. We read a biography of Gandhi once, and it was very difficult to read the part where Gandhi was killed, because they were waiting for a happy ending.
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New York walking isn't exercise: it's a continually showing make-your-own movie.
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The challenge is for bioethicists to position themselves to be on panels, boards and other decision making bodies where oublic policy positions wil be established-where the exploding changes in health care that are now underway will be addressed.
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You will never change anything that you are willing to tolerate.
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If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.
