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I never liked Jules Verne, believing that the real was always more fantastic than the fantastical.


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Travel doesn't merely broaden the mind. It makes the mind.



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To lose a passport was the least of one’s worries. To lose a notebook was a catastrophe.



I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god.

I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god.



As a general rule of biology, migratory species are less 'aggressive' than sedentary ones.

As a general rule of biology, migratory species are less 'aggressive' than sedentary ones.



Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin.

Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin.



Music… is a memory bank for finding one’s way about the world.

Music… is a memory bank for finding one’s way about the world.



When people start talking of man's inhumanity to man it means they haven't actually walked far enough.

When people start talking of man's inhumanity to man it means they haven't actually walked far enough.



Because they knew each other's thoughts, they even quarrelled without speaking.

Because they knew each other's thoughts, they even quarrelled without speaking.



And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling.

And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling.





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Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.



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If you are able to talk about your life and the joys and sorrows you have experienced, if you know your story, you are much more likely to be a skillful parent.



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We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.



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In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.



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A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.



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