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Quote by Andre Gide
To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he sa

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. – Andre Gide

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No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond. – Andre Gide

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Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! – Andre Gide

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I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one. – Mary Ellen Mark

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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. – St.Augustine

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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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The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. – William Butler Yeats

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During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. – Howard Thurman

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It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means. – Charles Kingsley

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If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks thats pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song, even if theyve been doing it for 40 years, thats bad news. – John Hawkes

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