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Conrad Anker Quotes

If people see me giving back to the military, they'll hopefully follow suit and be good to these guys who have done so much. I'm not Lance Armstrong or Tiger Woods - I'm just an old, gray-beard mountain climber, but I'm hoping to inspire people to follow my way.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: November 27, 1962

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Good Mountain People Me Woods Tiger

For me, it's a feel thing; it's a mechanical thing.

Me Feel Mechanical Thing

I don't know if I feel a responsibility to encourage women, I just do! Yes, I think all of us chicks should be inspired and create! In whatever way that inspiration comes, we should shine! Honestly, I feel the same way about men.

Women Responsibility Men Shine Think

When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way.

Writing Feel Trying Place Sometimes

As a kid, I didn't know that 'All in the Family' was satirizing male chauvinism or that Bobby Riggs was a self-promoting put-on. Many of us didn't get the irony and went on making fun of women and girls who wanted to play sports, especially the same sports that men and boys traditionally played.

Family Women Sports Men Fun Play

I was keen to stage 'Faust,' although I find Goethe's 'Faust' indigestible.

Find Stage Keen Although Goethe

As an engineer, you learn there is a solution to every problem. It may take you a while, but eventually you're going to find it.

Learn Problem Solution You Find May

Everyone wants to see collisions, so I'm ready to give some.

Ready Everyone See Give Wants Some

Social media is an ever-changing world. You want to be ready if a certain platform becomes red-hot, and you don't want someone else taking your company name as his or her handle. That does happen!

Social Media World Name Media You

Life is a horizontal fall.

Life Life Is A Fall Horizontal

My father was a bricklayer, and my mother was a housewife. It was complicated, obviously, because of our humble origin, but thank God we were all focused.

Father Mother God Humble Thank God

I have always been a super-emotional dude.

Always Been Dude

J. K. Rowling's first 'Harry Potter' manuscript was rejected 12 times. Stephen King's 'Carrie' was rejected 30 times. 'Gone With The Wind' was rejected 38 times. I was immensely proud to have beaten them all.

King Wind Proud First Gone Beaten

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