"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."
— Edmund Hillary

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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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)