"Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain."

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Source : "Everest legend Edmund Hillary dies" by Julie Clothier, edition.cnn.com. January 21, 2008.

Edmund Hillary

#Important Quotes #Mountain Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.”
“The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth.”
“Ric Flair, you once called me a woman. Well, what I want to know is, how does it feel to get beat by a woman?”
“Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning has become lost to us they no longer have even a name. The story on the other hand can never be lost from its place in the world for it is that place.”
“Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.”
“I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home.”
“One thing about dead people, they're all the same.”
“I love that I live a creative life. It is in the work that I do - acting, writing, and directing. It's also in the mindfulness of every part of my life, from a meal that I prepare for family and friends to putting my imagination to work in a garden.”

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