Tenzing Norgay quotes
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“It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worries about income tax.”
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“If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.”
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“We look up. For weeks, for months, that is all we have done. Look up. And there it is-the top of Everest. Only it is different now: so near, so close, only a little more than a thousand feet above us. It is no longer just a dream, a high dream in the sky, but a real and solid thing, a thing of rock and snow, that men can climb. We make ready. We will climb it. This time, with God's help, we will climb on to the end.”
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“To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.”
-- Tenzing NorgaySource : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
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“I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth.”
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“If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.”
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“I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life.”
-- Tenzing NorgaySource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
#Mountain Quotes #Living My Life Quotes #Climbing Mount Everest Quotes
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“I hope my twin brother will look exactly like me but more sporty.”
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“It's an organic thing that I try not to analyze too much, because I worry that it will go away.”
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Source : Interview with Zorianna Kit, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2009.
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Source : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.12, Penguin
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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.
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“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”
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