Conrad Anker Quotes

The mountains seem to have conquered us long before we set foot on them, and they will remain long after our brief existence. This indomitable force of the mountains gives us humans a blank canvas on which to paint the drive of discovery and, in the process, test the limits of human performance.

Conrad Anker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MountainsPerformanceDriveLimits

As an actor, you want to be able to move your character forward into new ground, but also it's really interesting to go backwards and unpeel those layers and the interesting elements of what your character is and what informs the decisions that you make so that you can have as much meat to work with.

Jesse Williams

WorkCharacterForwardInteresting

I think one of the major differences between Wonder Woman and Jessica Jones is that Wonder Woman is iconic and much better known, so you get into a lot of ridiculous expectations, like what's her costume going to look like? Well, nobody knows who Jessica Jones is, except for fangirls and boys.

Melissa Rosenberg

WomanExpectationsThinkBetterLook

It is so hard to get movies made in Hollywood that you got to have six going at once, and you know, probably none of those get made.

John Lee Hancock

YouKnowMoviesHollywoodHardGet

Guerrilla leaders win wars by being paranoid and ruthless. Once they take power, they are expected to abandon those qualities and embrace opposite ones: tolerance, compromise and humility. Almost none manages to do so.

Stephen Kinzer

PowerHumilityWinCompromiseTake

No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately, it's fast food in the music industry. People don't ingest full records anymore.

Tommy Lee

MusicFoodPeopleYouLookFast

I feel like if you put something out into the universe, then you increase your chances of it happening.

Tom Holland

UniverseFeelYouOutSomething

The Iron Dome system is a proven way for Israel to defend its citizens from hostile threats and will advance missile defense technology for us and other allies.

Rob Portman

TechnologyWillWayDefendSystem

Do we want more of the same regulatory mission creep that has helped to harm America's poor and middle class? Do we want more of the policies that have stifled growth? Or do we want something else, something different, something that focuses on the need to reevaluate the size, the scope, the cost, the reach of the federal government?

Mike Lee

GrowthGovernmentReachAmericaWant

I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It's an amazing process. It's like songwriting: it's a complete mystery to me. I don't understand it - but I've certainly written about it.

Loudon Wainwright III

GoodFatherExperienceAmazingMe

The league, is doing well. It is just a matter of trying to sort some things out with my contract.

Cobi Jones

DoingTryingMatterOutContract

The age thing is just a number.

Clarence Clemons

AgeNumberJustThing

There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.

Clarence Thomas

I AmPeopleBlackBecauseIdeaWho

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