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The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

~Ann Bancroft

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Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

~Ann Bancroft

Topics: Achievements College Getting Greatest High High School High School And College School Through

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I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

~Ann Bancroft

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I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

~Ann Bancroft

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Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be - and that we're ordinary.

~Ann Bancroft

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A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

~Ann Bancroft

Topics: Business Courage Expedition How Lesson Life Life Lesson Me Muster New Project Relative Risk Risks Starting Take Taking Think Up Whether You I Think

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To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job.

~Ann Bancroft

Topics: Always Behind Dog Front Interesting Job Push Run

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This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.

~Ann Bancroft

Topics: Arctic Committed Education Even Initiatives Journey Momentum More Much Our Over Return Sharing Stories

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Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.

~Ann Bancroft

Topics: Am Community Courageous Done Excited Leap Never Skydiving Something Take Very Women I Am

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I have an opportunity now with some of the projects I've done, i.e. the North Pole and the South Pole, to speak to a larger audience and talk about things that have nothing to do with physical education or special ed.

~Ann Bancroft

Topics: About Audience Done Education Larger North Nothing Now Opportunity Physical Physical Education Pole Projects Some South Speak Special Talk Things

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Explorer

Born: September 29th, 1955

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