"The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are."
― Samuel Johnson
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- "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."
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- "Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren’t sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation’s best days are still ahead."― Charles Schumer
- "As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else’s, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids."― Michelle Obama
- "A lot of folks believe their best years are behind them. But I want Americans to recognize that’s not true."― Mehmet Oz