"You climb to the summit and there is nothing there..."

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Yvon Chouinard

#Summit Quotes #Climbs Quotes

“I tell of hearts and souls and dances... Butterflies and second chances; Desperate ones and dreamers bound, Seeking life from barren ground, Who suffer on in earthly fate The bitter pain of agony hate, Might but they stop and here forgive Would break the bonds to breathe and live And find that God in goodness brings A chance for change, the hope of wings To rest in Him, and self to die And so become a butterfly.”
“We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.”
“There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children”
“I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.”
“Here was opportunity to make an audience walk and move, be sociable in a way never dreamed of by the rigors of cinema-watching, in circumstances where many different perspectives could be brought to bear on a series of phenomena associated with the topics under consideration. Yet all the time it was a subjective creation under the auspices of light and sound, dealing with a large slice of cinema's vocabulary.”
“Our bodies are exploited so much in the media, I feel like everyone is made to feel like they're not worthy or beautiful.”

Source : "'OTH' Star Shantel VanSanten Will Empower You!". The Insider Interview, www.yahoo.com. January 03, 2012.
“Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.”
“As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example.”

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