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I have been a stranger in a strange land.


— Exodus, II. 22.

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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

samuel johnson

— Letter to Hester Thrale, 21 September 1773[ ]

Tags: use, travelling, regulate, imagination, reality, thinking, things, may, see

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Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil where he is known.

samuel johnson

— Reported in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1773).

Tags: him, abroad, distant, country, place, known, devil

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As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So it is in travelling: a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

samuel johnson

— Reported in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1778).

Tags: Spanish, proverb, who, home, wealth, Indies, carry, him, travelling

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Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him.


— Amos Bronson Alcott, Table-Talk, Traveling.

Tags: Traveling, fool's, errand, him, who, carries, eyes

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He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.


— Fernando Cortez; reported in Prescott, Conquest of Mexico, Book V, Chapter III.

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Pressing problems are burdening our national transportation system, jeopardizing the progress and security on which we depend.

john f. kennedy

Tags: automobiles and transport, government, pressing, problems, burdening, national, transportation, system, jeopardizing

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Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy.

Han Solo

— Played by Harrison Ford in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), talking to Luke Skywalker.

Tags: Funny, Star Wars, boy, crops, dusting, like, ain't, hyperspace, through

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Oh my. Space travel sound rather perilous. I can assure you they will never get me onto one of those dreadful Star Ships.

C-3PO

— Voiced by Anthony Daniels in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), spoken to R2-D2.

Tags: Star Wars, starships, dreadful, one, on, me, get, never, will

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A thousand miles seems pretty far, But they've got planes and trains and cars. I'd walk to you if I had no other way.

Plain White T's

— "Hey There Delilah" (2005)

Tags: missing You, distance, delilah, way, other, no, you, Walk, cars

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Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

Nikos Kazantzakis

— Greek author

Tags: country, every, perfect, traveler, always, creates, travels

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Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.

Anne Robinson

— English television presenter and journalist

Tags: daughter, mothers, every, mother, should, make, trip, together, good

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Movin' right along, footloose and fancy-free. Getting there is half the fun, come share it with me.

Kermit the Frog

— "Movin' Right Along," from The Muppet Movie (1979)

Tags: Songs, movin', right, along, footloose, fancy, Free, getting, There

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My favorite thing is being able to travel around the world and perform for my fans. I think I’ve lost 80 percent of my hearing. I definitely have very loud fans.

justin bieber

— Vibe "Justin Bieber on Photo Shoots, Puberty, 2Pac & Drake", 22 July 2010

Tags: celebrity, favorite, thing, able, travel, world, perform, fans, think

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The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sightseeing."

daniel j. boorstin

— The Image: A Guide to Psuedo-Events in America, 3.2, 1961.

Tags: traveler, active, strenuously, search, people, adventure, experience, tourist, passive

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When I was at home, I was in a better place; but travellers must be content.

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, As You Like It (c.1599-1600), Act II, scene 4, line 17.

Tags: When, home, better, place, travellers, content

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To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

— "El Dorado," Virginibus Puerisque (1881).

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When I am at home, I never go near the synagogue unless, say, there is a bar or bat mitzvah involving the children of friends. But when I am traveling, in a country where Jewish life is scarce or endangered, I often make a visit to the shul.

christopher hitchens

— "Al-Qaida's Latest Target: Understanding the Istanbul synagogue bombings", Slate, 18 November 2003 

Tags: When, home, never, near, synagogue, there, bar, bat, mitzvah

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When you pack lightly, you live lightly.

Diane von Furstenberg

Tags: When, you, pack, lightly, live

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It gets late early out here.

yogi berra

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One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

thomas jefferson

Tags: reflection, wisdom

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