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Letter "E" » Edmund Hillary Quotes
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«It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.»
Author: Edmund Hillary
(Explorer)
| About:
Achievement,
Goals,
Success
| Keywords:
conquer, mountain, the Mountain
«You don?t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things ? to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.»
Author: Edmund Hillary
(Explorer)
| Keywords:
chap, chaps, compete, fantastic, motivated, sufficiently
«People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.»
Author: Edmund Hillary
(Explorer)
«Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.»
Author: Edmund Hillary
(Explorer)
| About:
Mountains
| Keywords:
expedition, expeditions, hell raising, raise hell, raising hell
«As far as I knew, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how.»
Author: Edmund Hillary
(Explorer)
«We knocked the bastard off.»
«I am hell-bent for the South Pole-God willing and crevasses permitting.»
Author: Edmund Hillary
(Explorer)
| Keywords:
crevasse, crevasses, hell-bent, permitting, South Pole, the South
«There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.»
«Well, we knocked the bast*rd off!»
Author: Edmund Hillary
(Explorer)
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