"the people who live in the last places……" — Greg Mortenson
"the people who live in the last places - the people who are most neglected and least valued by the larger world - often represent the best of who we are and the finest standard of what we are meant to become. This is the power that last places hold over me, and why I have found it impossible to resist their pull."
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44 Quotes by Greg Mortenson
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It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all…
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Slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.
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The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing…
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The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs.
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Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as…
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My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started…
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If you really want to change a culture... empower women.
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Yes, I first visited Korphe village, Braldu valley, Baltistan, Pakistan, after failing to summit K2 in 1993, and met Haji…
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Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together.
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But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability.
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I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and…
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I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.
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