Jon Krakauer Quotes

Let's not mince words: Everest doesn't attract a whole lot of well-balanced folks. The self-selection process tends to weed out the cautious and the sensible in favor of those who are single-minded and incredibly driven. Which is a big reason the mountain is so dangerous.

Jon Krakauer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1954

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Twenty-seven years incarcerated, his jailer became his best friend. So if you need an example on how we should act and how we should be, then Nelson Mandela is the man to follow.

Jim Brown

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Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.

John Sentamu

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Pilots are not the threat.

John Pistole

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I don't want people to see me fall. I mean, I got enough people cheering for me to fall now... The Internet has created some amazing place for evil to exist, you dig?

Steve Harvey

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Sometimes, you need different things in life, you need different challenges that will give you that little boost.

Robbie Keane

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I can't complain about the support I've been given over the years, but I don't like it slipping away. Nobody says 'I'd like to be a bit less successful next year, please'. Nobody on the planet wants that, and I certainly don't.

Robbie Williams

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Certain things work on paper held together with staples. Comics use bright colors to make things leap off the page, but movies are a different medium.

Rob Liefeld

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Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have.

Dizzy Dean

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We all knew each other in the neighborhood. I loved living in El Paso. I had a wonderful childhood there.

Debbie Reynolds

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Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

Conor Cruise O'Brien

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The second Trump won, I felt super-powerless and I thought, 'Oh my God, no one's looking out for us.'

Susan Fowler

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It's hard for every girl to accept their body. This is something that I try to work on every day to set a good example.

Petra Collins

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