"I was born to be an explorer. There never was any decision to make. I coudn't be anything else and be happy,the desire to see new places, to discover new facts- the curiosity of life always has been a resistless driving force to me."

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Source : "This Business Of Exploring". Book by Roy Chapman Andrews, 1935.

Roy Chapman Andrews

#Decision Quotes #Curiosity Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Change no manâ€™s religion, change no manâ€™s politics, interrupt the sovereignty of no nation. Instead, teach Man to use what he has and what he knows to the factual creation, within any political reference, of a civilization on Earth for the first time.”
“So use all that is called fortune. Most men gamble with her, and gain all and lose all, as her wheel rolls... A political victory, a rise of rents, the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend, or some other favorable event raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for you. Do not believe it. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.”
“if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.”
“When we get together to rehearse, we could write music together all day long - GOOD music.”
“There wasn't a key moment when I knew I wanted to quit.”
“The medium is not the message - the message is the message.”
“I mean, if you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music.”
“It sounds really over the top to say you're responsible for the city of New York, but I do feel responsibility to the city of New York, to this country, to people everywhere. So many people were affected by the events of September 11, and I feel this is one of the ways that that event will be understood and defined.”

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