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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/ride/quote.svg" alt="I have been a bit of a risk taker all of my life."/> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.40"> <div class="layer-image left-clouds"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/ride/left-clouds.png" alt=""/> </div> </li> </ul> </div>  <div class="scene-wrapper js-scene-count scene-king"> <ul class="scene list-unstyled m-b-0" id="scene-king" data-scalar-x="3" data-scalar-y="3" data-limit-y="10" data-limit-x="30" data-friction-x="0.2" data-friction-y="0.2" data-origin-x="0.5" data-origin-y="0.5"> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.80"> <div class="layer-image king"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/king/king.png" alt=""/> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.20"> <div class="parallax-text parallax-text--centered"> <div class="display--table"> <div class="display--table-cell"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/king/quote.svg" alt="When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone."/> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div>  <div class="scene-wrapper js-scene-count scene-salk"> <ul class="scene list-unstyled m-b-0" id="scene-salk" data-scalar-x="3" data-scalar-y="3" data-limit-y="10" data-limit-x="30" data-friction-x="0.2" data-friction-y="0.2" data-origin-x="0.5" data-origin-y="0.5"> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.40"> <div class="layer-image sky"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/salk/sky.jpg" alt=""/> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.50"> <div class="layer-image buildings"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/salk/buildings.png" alt=""/> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.30"> <div class="layer-image middle"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/salk/middle.png" alt=""/> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.20"> <div class="parallax-text parallax-text--centered"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/salk/quote.svg" alt="Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do or what not to do."/> </div> </li> </ul> </div>  <div class="scene-wrapper js-scene-count scene-ginsburg"> <ul class="scene list-unstyled m-b-0" id="scene-ginsburg" data-scalar-x="3" data-scalar-y="3" data-limit-y="10" data-limit-x="30" data-friction-x="0.2" data-friction-y="0.2" data-origin-x="0.5" data-origin-y="0.5"> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.40"> <div class="layer-image sky"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/ginsburg/sky.jpg" alt=""/> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.50"> <div class="layer-image building"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/ginsburg/building.png" alt=""/> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.20"> <div class="parallax-text"> <div class="display--table"> <div class="display--table-cell"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/ginsburg/quote.svg" alt="You should be free to follow your star."/> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div>  <div class="scene-wrapper js-scene-count scene-lin"> <ul class="scene list-unstyled m-b-0" id="scene-lin" data-scalar-x="3" data-scalar-y="3" data-limit-y="10" data-limit-x="30" data-friction-x="0.2" data-friction-y="0.2" data-origin-x="0.5" data-origin-y="0.5"> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.40"> <div class="layer-image sky"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/lin/sky.jpg" alt=""/> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.50"> <div class="layer-image monument"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/lin/monument.png" alt=""/> </div> </li> <li class="layer" data-depth="0.20"> <div class="parallax-text parallax-text--centered"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/home/lin/quote.svg" alt="The Vietnam Memorial had to be about honesty, about dealing up front with individual loss."/> </div> </li> </ul> </div>  <div class="images-loading"> <div class="display--table"> <div class="display--table-cell text-xs-center"> <div> <img class="loading-gif" src="/web/20180909085255im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/preloader.gif" alt=""/> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <div class="scene-pagination"> <div class="scene-pagination__arrow left" data-direction="left"> <div class="display--table"> <div class="display--table-cell"> <span class="icon-icon_chevron-left"></span> </div> </div> </div> <ol class="clearfix"> <li class="scene-pagination-item scene-pagination-hillary" data-scene="hillary" data-name="Sir Edmund Hillary" data-known-as="Conqueror of Mount Everest" data-class="1973" data-link="/achiever/sir-edmund-hillary/">  <div class="scene-pagination__thumbnail"></div> </li> <li class="scene-pagination-item scene-pagination-manning" data-scene="manning" data-name="Peyton Manning" data-known-as="Super Bowl Champion Quarterback" data-class="2007" data-link="/achiever/peyton-manning/">  <div class="scene-pagination__thumbnail"></div> </li> <li class="scene-pagination-item scene-pagination-gehry" data-scene="gehry" data-name="Frank O. 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Gehry">  <a href="/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/frank-gehry/"> <div class="lazyload box featured-achievers-wall-photo" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/geh0-001a-190x190.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/03/geh0-001a-380x380.jpg"></div> </a> </li> <li class="layer" title="Ruth Bader Ginsburg">  <a href="/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ruth-bader-ginsburg/"> <div class="lazyload box featured-achievers-wall-photo" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gin0-001a-190x190.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gin0-001a-380x380.jpg"></div> </a> </li> <li class="layer" title="Dame Jane Goodall">  <a href="/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jane-goodall/"> <div class="lazyload box featured-achievers-wall-photo" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/goodall-2_760_SQUARE-190x190.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/05/goodall-2_760_SQUARE-380x380.jpg"></div> </a> </li> <li class="layer" title="Mikhail S. 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Scott Momaday, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/story-musgrave/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Story Musgrave, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ralph-nader/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ralph Nader</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/peggy-noonan/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Peggy Noonan</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jessye-norman/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Jessye Norman</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20180909085255/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/tommy-norris/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Lt. Thomas R. 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