"Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there."

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Source : Quoted in N.Y. Times, 18 Mar. 1923

George Leigh Mallory

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“Adam was a super-being when God created him.”
“For a single woman, preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton.”
“Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.”
“The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?”
“One of the signs (you) displayed (said): QUESTION AUTHORITY. Comments or slogans of this nature cannot and will not be condoned.”
“After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began.”
“Figure out what you love to do, then figure out how to get paid to do it.”

Source : Nick Offerman (2013). “Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living”, p.58, Penguin
“You can't stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.”

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