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“It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.”
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“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.”
Source : "TalkAsia" with Kyung Lah, www.cnn.com. June 29, 2012. 
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“How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?”
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“We're all busy. It's a very fast-paced world. And art - and by that, I mean culture in a wider sense - is one of the few spaces where we're allowed to look and think without an immediate response or reaction.”
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“Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable.”
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“I find myself watching cable and television much more than going to the movies.”
Source : Source: www.ign.com
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“For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man!”
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“Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages.”
