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Edmund Hillary Quotes

I have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there's no doubt that my most worthwhile things have been the building of schools and medical clinics.

Edmund Hillary

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: explorer
Nationality: new zealander
Birth: July 20, 1919 - January 11, 2008

Topics

Great Medical Climb Building Doubt

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

Joan Rivers

God Thankful Sky Thank God You Late

That's something that the world needs to learn today: that you can disagree and still be friends.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Today World Learn Friends You Still

It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind.

Johannes P. Muller

Mind Influence Action Result Two

From the age of 15 to 50, I'd hardly stepped out of a kitchen. I just wanted to live a little, to spend time with my wife and children. The first time I saw snow was when I was 50, because I'd never had the time before.

Joel Robuchon

Live Snow Age Children Time Wife

You learn more about life from watching 'Big Brother' than from reading a book.

John de Mol, Jr.

Life Brother Book Reading Learn You

I got a brand new flugelhorn today in this gorgeous case, it's beautiful.

Andrew Dost

Today Beautiful Brand New Gorgeous

For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

Robert Harris

Keep Going People Me Gold Enough

If the law doesn't apply equally to everybody, then you don't really have a system of law.

Matt Taibbi

Law You System Everybody Apply Then

Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while.

Anna Magnani

Great Short Liars Little May Exist

In 2012, I received a phone call from the family of Arsala Rahmani, the Afghan senator with whom I'd become friendly. That morning, a gunman had pulled up alongside Rahmani's vehicle, idling in a crowded intersection, and shot him point blank.

Anand Gopal

Family Morning Phone Phone Call Him

An order to fire on people that do not fire on you is a completely illegal order.

Ami Ayalon

Fire People You Order Illegal

I'm a perfectionist, so I always feel there's room for improvement.

Ludacris

Improvement Feel Always Room