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Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has bec

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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There is always a sneer in Las Vegas. The mountains around it sneer. The desert sneers. And arrogant in the middle of its wide valley, dominating those diligent sprawling suburbs, the downtown city sneers like anything. – Jan Morris

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The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land it is at last to set foot on ones own country as a foreign land. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels. – Dierks Bentley

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I only travel to good material, a good director and a good company. I wont work in another country for a year any longer, because I have a lovely wife and I adore her and I cant bear to be away from her. – Jim Dale

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Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear fission is not an option. – Wilson Greatbatch

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I think that every child grows up with the ideas that what we are given, is our society. Your education, and your mother and father, they tell you this is how it is, but then you hit adolescence and you think, Is it? Why? Why is it like that? Sometimes that questioning leads to something more. – Alice Englert

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Its amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again. – Roger Andrew Taylor

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