Alex Honnold Quotes
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My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine!
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When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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Army life don't agree with me.
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Dirk is like the German Moses, invincible and inspiring. That is why 'His Name Is Dirk' must be the Official Fan Song for Dirk Nowitzki.
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The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.
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I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.
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With segregation, with the isolation of the injured and the robbed, comes the concentration of disadvantage. An unsegregated America might see poverty, and all its effects, spread across the country with no particular bias toward skin color. Instead, the concentration of poverty has been paired with a concentration of melanin.
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As far as innovation goes, I can tell you that Korean students are reluctant to step out of line. If I ask questions, nobody raises their hands - not because they don't know the answers, but because they don't want to step out of line.
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Our age is an age of moderate virtue And moderate vice
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Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.
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We'll use a signal I have tried and found far-reaching and easy to yell. Waa-hoo!
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Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.
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They were like 'AA this' and I was like 'Bye bye that'
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Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.
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Don't go through life, grow through life.
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Oh yeah, 'Starship Troopers' was one of the best experiences of my life, and I made some lifelong friends.
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We can all remember a time when someone encouraged us and made a difference in our lives. It may be just a moment, but this encouragement could last a lifetime.
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But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.
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Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
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Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired.
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Anytime you finish a climb, there's always the next thing you can try.
