"No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time."

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Source : "We knocked the bastard off" by David Fickling, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2003.

Edmund Hillary

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“I do believe that Christians - I don't identify as a Christian. I believe in God.”
“In the process of being metabolized, sugar robs your body of valuable nutrients ... Sugar also inhibits your liver's production of enzymes needed in the detoxification process.”

Source : Ann Louise Gittleman (2011). “Ultimate Fat Flush Plan and Cookbook (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.16, McGraw-Hill Professional
“I feel like I'm the luckiest person alive. I'm always waiting for that phone call: 'Hello. We've just realized you're really a no-talent hillbilly. We've made a horrible mistake and we'd like you to leave now.”
“Government should be a model of inclusion.”
“My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give it to me to untangle. It would have a shiny, sweaty smell, and excite me: Gold chains linked you to the great fairy tales and myths, to Arabia, and India; to the great weight of the world, but lighter than a feather.”
“No one â€¦ can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in many ways bound to be influenced by the mentality of his time”
“For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I'm not a big strong guy. I'm not interested in fighting or throwing punches or balling my hands in fists all day. I'm not interested in guns, I'm not interested in football or stereotypically masculine things, so I'm going to skate in a fashion that is manly for Johnny Weir.”
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