Tom Hornbein quotes
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“But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind.”
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“I soon learned that Everest wasn't a private affair. It belonged to many men.”
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“I wonder if one can view risk like a drug, beneficial to the organism in the proper dose. Too much or too little may be harmful...”
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“Just a rock, a dome of snow, the deep blue sky, and a hunk of orange-painted metal from which a shredded American flag cracked in the wind. Nothing more. Except two tiny figures walking together those last few feet to the top of the Earth.”
-- Tom HornbeinSource : Peter Potterfield, Tom Hornbein (2003). “Everest”, p.141, The Mountaineers Books
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“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”
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Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.
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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.96, Penguin
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Source : Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz (2004). “Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972”, p.32, Psychology Press
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