I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
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- Edmund Hillary
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- As quoted in "Sir Edmund Hillary, a Pioneering Conquerer of Everest, Dies at 88" in The New York Times (online edition) (10 January 2008)
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- New Zealand
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Photo: Christian Ferrer · CC BY 4.0 · source · Portrait: William McTigue, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Public domain)
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