"To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world."

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John Muir

#Country Quotes #Travel Quotes #Alaska Quotes

“Error is ever the sequence of haste.”
“We are homesick for places, we are reminded of places, it is the sounds and smells and sights of places which haunt us and against which we often measure our present.”
“Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane.”

Source : Bruce Robinson (2015). “Withnail and I”, p.40, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened.”
“I see myself as a journalist reporting neglected stories about our past and trying to bring rigor, reason and intuition to the quest.”
“I have witnessed boards that continued to waste money on doomed projects because no one was prepared to admit they were failures, take the blame and switch course. Smaller outfits are more willing to admit mistakes and dump bad ideas.”
“What the nation's built on is discussion, contradiction and growth, and at the moment you can't discuss anything. If you do start to discuss it, you get criticized. If people hate us, you have to find out why and try to solve that problem.”
“When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.”

Source : Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.68, Crown

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