"Women often focus more on staying friends, which is as important as climbing the mountain."

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Arlene Blum

#Climbing Quotes #Focus Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“By leadership, I mean taking complete responsibility for an organization's well-being and growth, and changing it for the better. Real leadership is not about prestige, power or status. It is about responsibility.”
“Colour is everything, black and white is more.”
“The acme of love is to enhance your friendly attitude to those who insult and revile you.”
“Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.”
“UFC 151 will be remembered as the event Jon Jones and Greg Jackson murdered.”
“A man has only a limited number of ways in which he can express strong emotions or violent passions. He uses the same gestures as when what he feels is only petty and unimportant. He utters the same ordinary words.”

Source : Tadeusz Borowski (1976). “This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“We spoke about our dreams and how we always felt safe in them, no matter how bad everthing else seemed. He told me it was one of the best days of his life and then he took out his gun. A .22 rifle. And he leaned forward and whispered, "Forgive me, Taylor Markham." Before I could ask how he knew my name and what I was to forgive him for he said, "Take care of my little girl." And then he told me to close my eyes. And I've been frightened to do just that ever since.”
“The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible.”

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