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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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The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but thats about it. – Arthur Smith

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funny
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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
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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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No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. – Lin Yutang

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Travel

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here. – Ramakrishna

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Travel

I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full. – Lord Dunsany

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Travel

We have so much pride in welcoming these passengers onto the plane, and they have so much pride in travel. Its something that I definitely always remember, when Im playing a scene on the plane, just to imbue everything with that sense of excitement. – Christina Ricci

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Travel

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We would like to get to a point in our society where people really are colorblind and this message would not have to be told anymore. Unfortunately, were not there yet. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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Society

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. – Warren Buffett

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good

Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink… – Honore de Balzac

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Coffee (or Tea)

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success. – Dorthea Brande

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Failure