"I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the world. That's another reason why I climb."

-- Jim Wickwire

#Climbing Quotes #People Quotes #World Quotes

“Children like yourselves are full of magic, but the men have turned, they've lost their magic to the fear and hatred they harbor for all that they can't explain, control, or understand.”
“Because a lot of straight people think I'm nuts.”
“Nothing makes a man more aware of his capabilities and of his limitations than those moments when he must push aside all the familiar defenses of ego and vanity, and accept reality by staring, with the fear that is normal to a man in combat, into the face of Death.”

Source : Robert S. Johnson, Martin Caidin “Thunderbolt! The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace”, Lulu.com
“Patrick White is a strongly individual, richly gifted, original and highly significant writer whose powers are remarkable and whose achievement is large. His art is dense, poetic, and image-ridden. It is always a substantial and genuine thing. At its finest it is one which goes beyond an art of mere appearances to one of mysterious actuality.”
“There's a reason people run negative ads... it's because they work.”

Source : "Freshman Rep. Anne Northup Wins GOP Attention with Flair" by Susan Crabtree, www.questia.com.
“It scares me how fast I go from disliking to loving him, and I wonder if itâ€™s this way for everyone.”

Source : Melissa Bank (2000). “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing”, p.51, Penguin
“It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching the scraps back together.”

Source : Julia Alvarez (2007). “Before We Were Free”, p.44, Laurel Leaf
“A man who can speak two languages is worth two men.”

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