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"There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views."

"Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there."

"Commuting from New York to Hollywood to do this show gets more interesting every week. Before I used to think the country was just New York on one end and Los Angeles on the other, with sand and mountains in the middle."

"There is a serious, immediate and extraordinarily grave threat to the continued existence of this country."
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"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."
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