"The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on. It is still not hard to find a man who will adventure for the sake of a dream or one who will search, for the pleasure of searching, not for what he may find."

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Source : Sir Edmund Hillary (2013). “High Adventure: Our Ascent of the Everest”, p.6, Roli Books Private Limited

Edmund Hillary

#Dream Quotes #Adventure Quotes #Men Quotes

“It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.”
“Having a movie that lasts and makes your image imprinted into the history of cinema, it's very positive.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make.”
“But he was so great!' Yes, and the people who got on the Titanic thought they were going on a vacation”
“Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet.”
“Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.”
“I walked around Soho's street for over an hour, running into familiar faces but never once stopping to chat. It was then that I felt something discomforting and comforting all at once. I didn't want to be here, in this city, anymore.”
“Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.”

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