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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Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons. – George Byron

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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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Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents. – Martin McGuinness

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Dealing with global warming doesnt mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have to stop waste, and if you travel for no reason whatsoever, that is a waste. – David Attenborough

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Ive three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and Im very happily married. Im very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isnt anything I want. – Joan Collins

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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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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. – Roger von Oech

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Learning how to fly, for me, was so euphoric. – Hilary Swank

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Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth. – Robert B. Laughlin

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In the mountains the shortest route is from peak to peak but for that you must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks, and those to whom they are spoken should be big and tall of stature. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zara

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