"I like to think of Everest as a great mountaineering challenge, and when you've got people just streaming up the mountain - well, many of them are just climbing it to get their name in the paper, really."

-- Edmund Hillary

#Thinking Quotes #Climbing Quotes #Names Quotes

“Understanding of life begins with the understanding of patterns.”

Source : Fritjof Capra, Pier Luigi Luisi (2014). “The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision”, p.94, Cambridge University Press
“It's an illusion, control," Naomi said. "You ought to understand that by now, young Claire. We are never in control of our destinies, even the strongest of us. All we can hope to do is not be too badly damaged by events.”
“In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.”
“When I first turned elite in gymnastics, when I was 14, that's when I really became more inspired than ever. I just always kept that in the back of my mind, and always thought about making the 2012 team.”
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel.”
“Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946”
“I would have to find something else to bury here and I wished it could be Charles.”
“If sophisticated calculations are needed to justify an action, don't do it.”

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