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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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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Andre Gide

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Courage
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Andre Gide
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The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. – Andre Gide

Category:
Listening
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Andre Gide
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I cant travel without Sudoku. – Robert Ballard

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Travel

I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. Ive been working with them for a year. – Anatoli Boukreev

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Travel

Since traveling is such a big part of my life when I am working, I like to vacation relatively close to home. Florida is a great place for me to go and relax. Its so close, which is perfect because its the minimal travel time. – Hilary Rhoda

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Travel

The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made. – Matt Lucas

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Travel

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My mother has always been the social glue holding the family together. – Kim Kardashian

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For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention. – Lord Chesterfield

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Company, Companions

Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Category:
Death

I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. – Ella Maillart

Category:
Knowledge