Tamae Watanabe quotes

“In 1977, I climbed a fairly difficult mountain for the first time, which was Mount McKinley, in Alaska. I climbed the so-called 'American Direct Route,' which was a route straight up to the top. I really enjoyed it. Through such experiences, I learned that mountaineering wasn't just about height. I found that different routes have different charms.”
-- Tamae Watanabe

#Alaska Quotes #Mountain Quotes #Different Quotes

“The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.”
-- Tamae Watanabe

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“Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.”
-- Tamae Watanabe

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“I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.”
-- Tamae Watanabe

Source : "TalkAsia" with Kyung Lah, www.cnn.com. June 29, 2012.

#Thinking Quotes #China Quotes #Everest Quotes

“I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.”
-- Tamae Watanabe

#Thinking Quotes #Japan Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.”
-- Tamae Watanabe

Source : "TalkAsia" with Kyung Lah, www.cnn.com. June 29, 2012.

#Children Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #People Quotes

“We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.”
-- Tamae Watanabe

#Horse Quotes #Children Quotes #Winter Quotes

“Voters replaced Democratic senators with Republicans in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, and likely in Alaska, and appear on track to do so in a runoff next month in Louisiana. At the same time, voters kept Republicans in GOP seats in heavily contested races in Georgia, Kansas, and Kentucky. That is at least ten, and as many as a dozen, tough races, without a single Republican seat changing hands. Tuesday's voting was a wave alright - a very anti-Democratic wave.”

“Where were they from originally? The Seabolts?" "I don't know, Idaho, Oklahoma, Iowa. One of those red-neck states with vowels on both ends." "You mean like Alaska?”

Source : Dana Stabenow (2011). “Play with Fire”, p.99, Gere Donovan Press

“You’ve got mountains of your own, I’ll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize.”

“Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of the wolf.”

“You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it.”

“I often think of those marvelous weeks spent in the Waddington Range in 1950. 2 new routes on the northern side of the peak and the 3rd ascent of the mountain as well. Waddington is one of the more beautiful peaks in all of Canada and it's only 175 miles north of Vancouver. B.C.!!”

“The hand is no different from what it creates.”

“I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.”

Source : "Aaron Johnson Interview NOWHERE BOY". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 6, 2010.

“Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what's going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.”

“I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.”