Don Whillans famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon.
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Never noticed a female monkey not climbing as well as a male, have you?
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You guys going up? Yes, yes, we go up. You may be going a lot higher than you think!
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There are two kinds of climbers... smart ones and dead ones.
-- Don Whillans
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Disobey. Defy. Take your own time. Fly.
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Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.
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Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and Âirritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.
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Tut, Tut, looks like rain
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Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.
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Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.
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Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and sticking them in a drawer.
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A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
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You know, you look at the chaos in the conservative camp right now, it's only too tempting to blame it all on pot. But in fact, the Reagan revolution owes a lot to Reefer. For one thing, it's made the symptoms of senility socially acceptable.
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You can look at the words on this paper and, because they are the ones I am used to choosing, they will show you the shape of me. I am here to be read in the way you might read the impression of my weight in a bed after a still night, a restless night, a night not alone.
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