Quote by George Byron
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence. – George Byron

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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more. – George Byron

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Music
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Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion. – George Byron

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Religion
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I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five? – George Byron

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Future
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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel. – Neil Armstrong

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Travel

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones. – Sophie Swetchine

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Travel

I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties in fact, Im the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, Im always working or promoting something. – Paris Hilton

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Travel

I usually just have one cat. It is difficult, but I have my one cat that hell travel with me if its appropriate, if Im not going overseas. – Gina Gershon

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Travel

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It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the 50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! – Thom Gunn

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I always used to say to my wife, the thing that I loved most about us is that we are a team, we are impenetrable in that respect. – Seal

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