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From Quotes by Michael Palin
- It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe in, but once…
- From my travels around the world I have seen how much damage and pollution is done by the careless disposal of waste. It is also…
- There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage of a three-stage…
- I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.
- I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.
- You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're…
- Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from…
- I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that…
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