"There is a very big difference between American and British travel journalism, and that's this whole business of the assisted or freebie trip. In Britain we are unashamed about any travel company paying for you to go and then writing about it. That's the only way we can do it. But I have tried the same in the States, and I can't write for any sizeable American newspaper because they tell you to do it on this basis."

-- John Gimlette

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“All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet”
“God doesn't come to kill, to steal or to destroy. That's the enemy. God comes to give abundant life. Know your God so you don't get confused.”
“The research reading I did for Fascination and Liberation included some Jung, and I noticed that he had a similar impression of Buddhism to myself, that, if it weren't for certain qualifying clauses, the philosophy would be downright suicidal.”
“When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.”

Source : "The Curse of the Good Girl". Book by Rachel Simmons, www.today.com. 2009.
“In my world, nothing ever goes wrong.”
“I want to look beyond the legends, to find the real story of Scotland. And it's every bit as thrilling.”
“The more acquisitions the government makes abroad, the more taxes the people have to pay at home.”
“Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider.”

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