Quote by Ella Maillart
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did n

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. – Ella Maillart

Other quotes by Ella Maillart

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. – Ella Maillart

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Travel
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One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. – Ella Maillart

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Imagination
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Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the worlds end. – Ella Maillart

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Other Quotes from
Dreams
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Dreams From My Father reveals more about Obama than is usually known about political leaders until after theyre dead. Perhaps more than it intends, it shows his mind working, in real time, sentence by sentence, in what feels like a private audience with the reader. – Jonathan Raban

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Dreams

My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. Thats what an actor wants to do. – John Astin

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Dreams

I had some wonderful dreaming meetings. I cant tell you specifically what theyve been in the recent months. In the past theyve been verbal kinds of messages that he needed to give me. Now theyre more dreams of his presence. – Judy Collins

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Dreams

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books. – Peter Abrahams

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Dreams

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We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast. – Logan P. Smith

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funny

Never face facts if you do youll never get up in the morning. – Marlo Thomas

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Personal technology has given us the freedom of being able to do whatever we want – and in the case of celebrities and athletes, whomever they want. But it can also serve as a humiliation jetpack. – Sloane Crosley

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Freedom

I dont want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesnt sing, dance or tell jokes, does he? – Ian St. John

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Christmas