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In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed.

— Edmund Hillary

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Perseverance

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On my expedition there was no way that you would have left a man under a rock to die. It simply would not have happened.

I am hell-bent for the South Pole — God willing and crevasses permitting.

Better if he had said something natural like, "Jesus, here we are."

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

Wise Guys : Brilliant Thoughts and Big Talk from Real Men (2005)

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

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