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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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Don Quixotes Delusions is an excellent read – far better than my own forthcoming travel book, Walking Backwards Across Tuscany. – Arthur Smith

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Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography. – 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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Its a unique situation as well because England is a small country, so it makes it easy for the fans to travel. If we play down in London, they get buses and well get three or four thousand fans come down. Theyll all sit in the same area and show their support for the team. – Claudio Reyna

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I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought Id have a hit record or anything like that. I was prepared to travel around all over the country, kind of like a Johnny Appleseed, and sing. – Don McLean

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I travel. I do a lot of traveling around the world. – Chris Tucker

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Should we have stayed at home and thought of here? Where should we be today? Is it right to be watching strangers in a play in this strangest of theatres? – Elisabeth Bishop

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