Jon Krakauer Quotes

The way Everest is guided is very different from the way other mountains are guided, and it flies in the face of values I hold dear: self-reliance, taking responsibility for what you do, making your own decisions, trusting your judgment - the kind of judgment that comes only through paying your dues, through experience.

Jon Krakauer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Once artists are expected to shock, it's that much harder for them to do so.

Jerry Saltz

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Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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If somebody's going to represent our music live, I'd like to see it represented with excellence and spectacularly and with really great musicianship.

Roger Taylor

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I think it is nice to get older.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

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People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.

Mary Hunter Austin

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If I were not able anymore to come to the lab, that's retirement. Or if I had no more ideas of things. Every year, there's something new that comes along that's too exciting to quit.

Mildred Dresselhaus

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Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both.

Julia Barr

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The sun's going down and we can't afford to come back to it tomorrow.

Desmond Harrington

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'Power' is not a black show. It's not a white show. It's a New York show.

Courtney A. Kemp

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I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the '60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I was very influenced by their stuff.

Clint Eastwood

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The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

Arthur Erickson

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We tell infertile couples all the time that are having trouble conceiving because of the woman not ovulating, 'Just relax. Drink a glass of wine. And don't be so tense and uptight because all that adrenaline can cause you not to ovulate.'

Phil Gingrey

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