"I want this book to be facts, to be important, to be history."

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"The history of man is a must read poetry."

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"You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft."

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"A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'"

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"History is the short trudge from Adam to atom."

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"I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling."

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"At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history."

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"This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen."

Coach

"I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year."

Travel

"I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened."

People

"What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains."

Hope

"I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide."

Being

"People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team."

Experience

"I want this book to be facts, to be important, to be history."

History

"A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition."

Quality

"There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber."

Question

"I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers."

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