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"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."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."
"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."
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"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 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."
"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 always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person."
"The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience."
"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."
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