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Quote by Arthur Smith
Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and en

Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose. – Arthur Smith

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Ive noticed that my resolutions involve me not doing stuff that I wasnt going to do anyway so heres something more positive. Im going to retrain as a Latin teacher in a provincial public school. – Arthur Smith

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positive
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Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world. – Arthur Smith

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funny
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There are days when I intentionally dont write. For instance, I never write when Im traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working. – Thomas Perry

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Travel

I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October I will be every weekend with somebody at tournaments through Christmas. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that. – Ivan Lendl

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Travel

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography. – Arthur Smith

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Travel

Ive three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and Im very happily married. Im very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isnt anything I want. – Joan Collins

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Travel

Random Quotes

To be no part of any body, is to be nothing. – John Donne

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Rejection

Every time I copy something, I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful – I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard! – Jaime Hernandez

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car

First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity. – Jerry Saltz

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amazing

I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three Im under the table,
After four Im under my host! – Dorothy Parker

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Toasts