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" In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in Catholic dogma had been shaken and weakened, I found that the beauty and the richness of the art still held me. "

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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 one's own country as a foreign land. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" I've just concluded - since President Obama endorses the same-sex marriage, advocates homosexual people, and enjoys an attractive countenance - thus if it becomes necessary, I shall travel to Washington, D.C., get down on my knee, and ask his hand. "

" Trust is the conduit for influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel. "

" To tell you the truth, I'm shocked, as I travel across this country, at how little people know or don't want to know about HIV/AIDS. There are a lot of people who don't know that HIV is one thing and AIDS is another. Those people just think it's one big old alphabet of a disease. "

" Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized. "

" The whole concept of the travel agent is absurd. They appear to be agents of the traveller but are actually agents of the airlines. "

" Because of work, I travel a lot, and because of that, I can experience different cultures and see and talk to a lot of different people, so I get inspired by that a lot. "

" I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write. "

" I don't travel and tell stories, because that's not the way these days. But I write my books to be read aloud, and I think of myself in that oral tradition. "

" I was destined to work with dying patients. I had no choice when I encountered my first AIDS patient. I felt called to travel some 250,000 miles each year to hold workshops that helped people cope with the most painful aspects of life, death and the transition between the two. "

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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" If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. "

Alphonse de Lamartine

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" Great theater continues to bind us, one to the other, and most of us will travel far and wide to see a good story told well. "

" If you travel around America you see different sections of highways donated by this or that person, and that's a slow beginning of what may end up being a situation common in the Third World: some sections of highways in wealthy areas are beautifully maintained and other parts are just dirt-strewn potholes. "

" Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning. "

" I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars. "

" Today, we have private airline companies, but if you take a look at a Boeing plane next time you travel, you'll see that you are basically taking a ride on a modified bomber. "

" I used to pack a giant bag to check with every possible outfit I could think of, but now I have slimmed down my travel wardrobe. "

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

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" I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.' "

" In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London. "

" Dealing with global warming doesn't 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. "

" I wanted to express myself using visuals and also celebrate the beauty of black women, travel, and have amazing opportunities. I also wanted to be a living example of inspiration for other women and girls. "

" All my books reflect travel adventures of some kind, and all have a soul: a spiritual or mystical underpinning. "

" Nobody controls me. I travel with my husband when I can, when I know that I can go, and I know that my son is okay alone for a few days with the help. "

" Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps. "

" Working is actually a pleasure. It's just very time-consuming. It's a way of life. I find that I can work when I travel and work when I run. There is nothing like, on a rainy day, to work. "

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

" For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. "

" I never thought it was fair that women couldn't travel freely because it was dangerous. I'd stay by myself on the North Carolina coast for a couple of weeks, with my dog and my gun, and my mom would be terrified. I told her, if I stay home, a lamp could fall on my head. You can't spend your whole life inside because you're scared. "

" Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring. "

" When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend. "