Quote by Ella Maillart
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were goin

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance. – Ella Maillart

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Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly. – Ella Maillart

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One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. – Ella Maillart

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Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. – Ella Maillart

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I have never met a woman who works who doesnt feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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We talk a lot in our home together about where were going, what Im doing. – Melinda Gates

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Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, thats where its really at. – Bill Ayers

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Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home. – Cameron Crowe

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