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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/i-was-born-to-be-an-explorer-there-never-was-any-decision-to-make-i/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

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> [Today there remain but a few small areas on the world's map unmarked by explorers' trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles; the secrets of the tropical jungles have been revealed. The highest mountains of the earth have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/today-there-remain-but-a-few-small-areas-on-the-world-s-map-unmarked/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

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## More by Roy Chapman Andrews

> [Always there has been an adventure just around the corner--and the world is still full of corners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/always-there-has-been-an-adventure-just-around-the-corner-and-the/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

> [Palaeontology is the Aladdin's lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth; it touches the rocks and there spring forth in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/palaeontology-is-the-aladdin-s-lamp-of-the-most-deserted-and-lifeless/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

> [I wanted to go everywhere. I would have started on a day's notice for the North Pole or the South, to the jungle or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/i-wanted-to-go-everywhere-i-would-have-started-on-a-day-s-notice-for/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/i-was-born-to-be-an-explorer-there-never-was-any-decision-to-make-i/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

> [“He was about as stupid as an animal could be and still live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/he-was-about-as-stupid-as-an-animal-could-be-and-still-live/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

> [“I never let practical considerations clutter my youthful dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/i-never-let-practical-considerations-clutter-my-youthful-dreams/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

> [ In the \[first\] fifteen years \[of field work\] I can remember just ten times when I had really narrow escapes from death. Two were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/in-the-first-fifteen-years-of-field-work-i-can-remember-just-ten/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

> [Man is an ape with possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/man-is-an-ape-with-possibilities/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

> [Today there remain but a few small areas on the world's map unmarked by explorers' trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-chapman-andrews/today-there-remain-but-a-few-small-areas-on-the-world-s-map-unmarked/)

[Roy Chapman Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-chapman-andrews/)

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