#climbed

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

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Once I climbed into a mountain lion's cage and she bounded at me and put her paw on my face, but she kept her claws withdrawn. ↗

— Edward Hoagland

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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods. ↗

— Wendell Berry

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By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ↗

— Alain Robert

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If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters. ↗

— Alain Robert

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When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in. ↗

— Alain Robert

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