Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.

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""You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.""

- Paul Theroux

Awareness

"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation."

- Paul Theroux

Personal Growth

"I cannot make my days longer, so I strive to make them better."

- Paul Theroux

Personal Growth

"Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation– experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way."

- Paul Theroux

Creativity

"Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation—experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way."

- Paul Theroux

Learning from Mistakes

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"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."

- Albert Einstein

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"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."

- Touko Aozaki

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"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."

- Albert Einstein

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"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"

- Steven Wright

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"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."

- Jack

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