• It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
  • One thing that can never be sacrificed is your preparation and work ethic.
  • I think the blurring of the lines between art and architecture has got to happen.
  • I have been a bit of a risk taker all of my life.
  • When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
  • Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do or what not to do.
  • You should be free to follow your star.
  • The Vietnam Memorial had to be about honesty, about dealing up front with individual loss.
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