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Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. - Paul Theroux

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. – Paul Theroux

Other quotes by Paul Theroux

You define a good flight by negatives: you didnt get hijacked, you didnt crash, you didnt throw up, you werent late, you werent nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. – Paul Theroux

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Food
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The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but its the only thing theyve been allowed to do. – Paul Theroux

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Business
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Other Quotes from
Travel
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I travel a lot. If you look at my suitcase, everything is extremely well-packed and well-folded people who travel with me are impressed at how organized I am. Some would refer to me as a maniac for this. – Joel Robuchon

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Travel

Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too. – Jan Morris

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Travel

As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, Im not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesnt matter at all. – Ai Weiwei

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Travel

Travelling expands the mind rarely. – Hans Christian Andersen

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Travel

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I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing Happy Birthday to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips. – Amy Poehler

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I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad? – Tom Clancy

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Nothing is more useless in developing a nations economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than the financial burden of war. War is the arch enemy of national progress and the modern scourge of civilized men. – King Hussein I

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