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that's exactly what climbing is to me. ... Expression. What a painter does on a canvas, what a writer can do with… — Stacy Allison Copy Share Image
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If a man has a tent made of linen of which the apertures have all been stopped up, and be it twelve… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Youth should be kept strangers to all that is bad, and especially to things which suggest vice or hate. When the five… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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everyone who is human has something to express. Try not expressing yourself for twenty-four hours and see what happens. You will nearly… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
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