“It's not a hill it's a mountain, as you start out the climb”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
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“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.”
As quoted in Wise Guys : Brilliant Thoughts and Big Talk from Real Men (2005) by Allan Zullo, p. 5
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