Jon Krakauer Quotes

Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon.

Jon Krakauer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Mexicans are deeply pessimistic that Simpson-Mazzoli can be enforced.

John Gavin

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I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.

Matt Roper

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I think, instead of the pessimism of the Remain campaign, we have an opportunity to think of the next generation. If we have faith in their talent, in their generosity, in their hard work, we can, if we leave the E.U., ensure the next generation makes this country once more truly great.

Michael Gove

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Attention spans are short. Like, eight seconds short. That's why it's necessary to grab people's attention immediately.

John Rampton

PeopleShortAttentionWhyNecessary

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.

Stephen Baldwin

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If you look at 1983, the film of the year was 'Terms of Endearment.' 'Scarface' was lumped in under the gratuitously violent banner. I mean, we knew it was violent, that it depicted a violent time and place. But it wasn't the end-all of the thing.

Steven Bauer

TimeYearYouLookPlaceMean

It must have been when I was 14 or 15 that I started tentatively writing songs and was able to convey an emotion and a lyric with what I wanted to say.

Lorde

WritingSayEmotionStartedBeen

I want to know what it is to build the foundation of the friendship for real, to have my best friend and not because we're just intimate, but because we're mentally intimate. So I'm waiting for that person to come into my life.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

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Way before we got a record deal, we were playing clubs seven nights a week, three one-hour sets a night. Then we got the record deal, and we took off on the road and stayed out.

Dimebag Darrell

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The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

Douglas Coupland

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I had my foot in both worlds. I knew what I didn't want, and so I had to make a choice, just like N.W.A. made choices.

Corey Hawkins

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People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.

Prince William

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