The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
BEAR GRYLLSI was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn’t really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn’t a TV person.
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Eating any of these things, goat testicles or what have you, isn’t going to be nice, but you get into that zone, you become focussed and you do what you need to do. It’s all about one thing: coming home in one piece.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
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I had many opportunities to get behind products in the past, and I was always careful to evaluate all of them. I will not put my name to shoddy items.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me…
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it’s really going to hold them back if they don’t.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn’t really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn’t a TV person.
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I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
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I’ve eaten sheep’s eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.
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All my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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