Yukon Quotes

• This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

  Robert W. Service

  Being Strong, Law, Survival

  "The Law of the Yukon" l. 71 (1907)

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• I am a firm believer that every few years one needs to shake one's life through a sieve, like a miner in the Yukon. The gold nuggets remain. The rest falls through like the soft earth it is.

  Amy Poehler

  Fall, Years, Gold

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.255, Pan Macmillan

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• My first trip was the Appalachian Trail, and I was able to finish it despite having no skills and no experience when I started. In comparison, I can think of only a few individuals in the world who have the potential do complete the Alaska-Yukon Expedition.

  Andrew Skurka

  Thinking, Alaska, Skills

  Source: ryanjordan.com

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• For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.

  Sam Abell

  Alaska, Japan, Australia

  "A Life in Photos: Q&A with Sam Abell". Interview with Jenny Wells, uknow.uky.edu. July 20, 2012.

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• I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.

  Robert W. Service

  Littles, Remember

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• There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video.

  Dan Aykroyd

  Mother, Games, Ships

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• When hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world went to the Yukon to look for gold, the original prospectors had already claimed most of it.

  Howard Blum

  People, Gold, Looks

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• This is a landmark opportunity for all that live and work in the Yukon. The Territory is now one step closer to realizing the potential that geothermal heat and power has for the economy, the environment, First Peoples, tax-payers and businesses.

  Alison Thompson

  Opportunity, Territory, Firsts

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• Los Angeles is a Yukon for crime-story writers.

  Christina Stead

  Story Writers, Stories, Los Angeles

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