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Greg Mortenson quotes: If you really want to change a culture ... empower women. If you really want to change a culture ... empower women.
Greg Mortenson quotes: And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains
Greg Mortenson quotes: I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope. I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.
Greg Mortenson quotes: Isn't it better to live in ignorance of everythingasphalt and macadam, vehicles, telephones, televisionsto live in bliss without knowing it? Isn't it better to live in ignorance of everything
asphalt and macadam, vehicles, telephones, televisions
to live in bliss without knowing it?
Greg Mortenson quotes: What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Greg Mortenson quotes: When women take charge, things start to get out of control really fast. When women take charge, things start to get out of control really fast.
Greg Mortenson quotes: The older I get, the more I appreciate my childhood. It was paradise. The older I get, the more I appreciate my childhood. It was paradise.
Greg Mortenson quotes: The Pathan people of Waziristan are proud people who I greatly admire. The Pathan people of Waziristan are proud people who I greatly admire.
Greg Mortenson quotes: The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing a German hymn in Swahili. The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing a German hymn in Swahili.
Greg Mortenson quotes: But what you're trying to do is much more difficult than climbing K2 But what you're trying to do is much more difficult than climbing K2
Greg Mortenson quotes: I don't want to teach Pakistani's children to think like Americans...I just want them to have a balanced, non-extremist education I don't want to teach Pakistani's children to think like Americans...I just want them to have a balanced, non-extremist education
Greg Mortenson quotes: My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school. My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school.
Greg Mortenson quotes: Hope resides in the future, while perspective and wisdom are almost always found by looking to the past. Hope resides in the future, while perspective and wisdom are almost always found by looking to the past.
Greg Mortenson quotes: I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to the top. I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to the top.
Greg Mortenson quotes: We shall pursue our dreams until [we] reach[ ... ] it. Or fail[ ... ] trying. We shall pursue our dreams until [we] reach[ ... ] it. Or fail[ ... ] trying.
Greg Mortenson quotes: Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.' Sign in Skardu Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.' Sign in Skardu
Greg Mortenson quotes: But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability. But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability.
Greg Mortenson quotes: I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Greg Mortenson quotes: If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community. If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community.
Greg Mortenson quotes: He was a man who understood the virtue of small things. He was a man who understood the virtue of small things.
Greg Mortenson quotes: [I]f [we] believe in [ourselves], [we] can accomplish anything. [I]f [we] believe in [ourselves], [we] can accomplish anything.
Greg Mortenson quotes: The Balti had as many names for rock as the Inuit have for snow. The Balti had as many names for rock as the Inuit have for snow.
Greg Mortenson quotes: Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope. Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.
Greg Mortenson quotes: The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs. The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs.
Greg Mortenson quotes: When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done. When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done.
Greg Mortenson quotes: Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together. Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together.
Greg Mortenson quotes: You can hand out condoms, drop bombs, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won't change. You can hand out condoms, drop bombs, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won't change.

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