"But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care."

-- Jon Krakauer

#Nature Quotes #Travel Quotes #Energy Quotes

“I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.”
“There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important.”
“The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price.”
“Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history.”
“I've got a pretty wide range of stuff that I'm interested in in life. But producing it gives me a lot more time at home to spend with my family as opposed to being away on location shooting nights for months at a time.”
“I want to get the American people to start sitting at a table together and talking to each other, holding court, and enjoying a meal - and it doesn't have an expense.”
“There is simply no way to overstate the water crisis of the planet today.”
“Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.”

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