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HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED
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To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrestled from existence lay beyond the comfortable path:…
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Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was…
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Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call,…
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Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just…
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It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found.…
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The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.
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Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity…
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Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from my oxygen…
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.
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There is something special about a quiet untouched forest that just pulls you into the moment. Something that no parks will ever…
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Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.
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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
— Emily Bronte
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The laws of nature may be operative up to a certain limit, beyond which they turn against themselves to give birth to…
— Albert Camus
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One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit;…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me.
— Katie Holmes
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We live in our language like blind men walking on the edge of an abyss. This language is laden with future catastrophes.…
— Unknown Author
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Ruthless man: you begin by slaying the animal and then you devour it, as if to slay it twice. It is not…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against…
— Stephen Sondheim
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If you allow your mind to carp at all and sundry, it will turn against itself: the majority of our sorrows are…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Those who turn against the Church do so to play to their own private gallery, but when, one day, the applause has…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.
— Christopher McCandless
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It is human nature to want to believe in the wizardry of the magician--but also to turn against him and to scorn…
— Dean Koontz
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If you live for fame, men may turn against you.
— Matthew Simpson
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