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"The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience."
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"It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me."

"She picked up the stout and took a sip. It slid down her throat like silk."

"Not everyone can experience what other people can... That's why movies come out... films and books... and short stories and novels..."

"Our experiences are the building blocks of the future hewn out of the granite of the present."

"Life wants you to touch, taste and see the grandeur of the world's unfathomable variety."

"There is a huge difference between learning about truth and experiencing truth. Touch the source."

"When the reality looks extraordinarily unreal, you must know that you are in an extraordinarily beautiful place!"

"All day long, one continues to suffer sweet or bitter fruits. This life has been attained for the purpose of experiencing!"

"It is an exciting adventure, doing what you love."
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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."

"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."

"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 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."
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