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"What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds."
"America is the most fertile ground of opportunity."
"This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven."
"In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment."
"To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere."
"We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition."
"This country is undergoing great changes for the better."
"If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera."
Explore more quotes by Michael Palin
"Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future."
"I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking."
"Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people."
"The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience."
"I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person."
"I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller."
"I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own."
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