Adventure Quotes - Page 25

• The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater the adventure)

  Tom Robbins

  Suicide, Differences, Margins

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Another Roadside Attraction”, p.112, Bantam

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• Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You take pride in your openness.

  Wole Soyinka

  Pride, Giving, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Wole Soyinka from Jul 22, 2016

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• Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through playing people who are absolutely nothing like me.

  Karen Traviss

  Writing, Exploring The World, People

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• I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.

  Eleanor Catton

  Writing, Years, Murder Mysteries

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• While my chosen form of story-writing is obviously a special and perhaps a narrow one, it is none the less a persistent and permanent type of expression, as old as literature itself. There will always be a certain small percentage of persons who feel a burning curiosity about unknown outer space, and a burning desire to escape from the prison-house of the known and the real into those enchanted lands of incredible adventure and infinite possibilities which dreams open up to us, and which things like deep woods, fantastic urban towers, and flaming sunsets momentarily suggest.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Dream, Real, Writing

  H.P. Lovecraft, Digital Papyrus (2014). “H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works Including Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links)”, p.1753, eBookIt.com

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• If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva.

  Amish Tripathi

  Philosophy, Writing, Evil

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• The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.

  Oleg Cassini

  Life Is

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• I like to set myself a new adventure challenge at least once or twice a year because I love that side of my life. I love getting fit and training for it.

  Richard Branson

  Years, Challenges, Training

  "Richard Branson on Being Richard Branson". Interview with Rod Kurtz, www.entrepreneur.com. December 17, 2012.

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• I don't want to waste the precious moments I have, and I've felt that way since I was 17. I have to take risks because why else would you be alive? Put your pirate patch on and go on an adventure because you only have one life to live.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Pirate, Risk, Alive

  Interview with Nina Corcoran, allstonpudding.com.

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• Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on Supermans Girlfriend, Lois Lane, Adventure Comics and pretty much any title in the Superman family will be fondly remembered for years to come. He will be missed.

  Jim Lee

  Girlfriend, Years, Titles

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• What would our lives be like without tests, odds against us, adventure, risk?

  Richard Bach

  Odds, Risk, Life Is Like

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• Life is full of adventure. Theres no such thing as a clear pathway.

  Guy Laliberte

  Pathways, Life Is, Clear

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• Sometimes just being on a beach with my loved ones is all the adventure I need. I am a happy camper and continue to be a citizen of the world. I have yet to discover other cultures, other peoples dreams and treasures. I will always be a traveler who is discovering beautiful Gaia.

  Guy Laliberte

  Beautiful, Dream, Beach

  "Mr. Blasberg's Book Corner: Gaia". Interview with Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 1, 2011.

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• I love the possibility that anything can happen in any moment with acting. That you have the opportunity to experience lives and adventures that you may not have otherwise.

  Genevieve Cortese

  Opportunity, Acting, Moments

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• Jewish history turns out not to be an either/or story - as in, either pure Judaism detached from its surroundings or else assimilation - but rather, for the vast majority, the adventure of living in between.

  Simon Schama

  Majority, Stories, Surroundings

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• Passion--it's the driving force that you just can't ignore. It's what will make your new adventure seem more like fun, than work. It's the difference between wanting to start a business and craving it.

  Mac Anderson

  Fun, Passion, Differences

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• I was ten years old in 1969, and while we lived in Arizona that year, I spent most of the summer staying with family friends in Portland, Oregon while my parents visited Spain. It was an adventure all around.

  Patrick Nielsen Hayden

  Summer, Portland Oregon, Years

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• The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a wondrous, scintillating web of suspense, love, history, and magic that will keep you eagerly turning the pages late into the night. Even readers not normally drawn to the supernatural will be swept away by this book; it has everything a great adventure should have-and so much more.

  Anne Fortier

  Book, Night, Should Have

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• (George Bush) betrayed this country! He played on our fears. He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place!

  Al Gore

  Country, America, Troops

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• Theres no mystery-the EMU Club is a hit! This is a fun, funny adventure that kids will love to read.

  Lincoln Peirce

  Fun, Kids, Clubs

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• The Cloud Roads has wildly original worldbuilding, diverse and engaging characters, and a thrilling adventure plot. It's that rarest of fantasies: fresh and surprising, with a story that doesn't go where ten thousand others have gone before. I can't wait for my next chance to visit the Three Worlds!

  N.K. Jemisin

  Character, Clouds, Waiting

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• Following Simon's adventures is like being the pinball in an especially antic game, but it's well worth the wear and tear.

  Charlaine Harris

  Games, Tears, Pinball

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• We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can.

  Anthony Doerr

  Art, Memories, Book

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• I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.

  Kate Baldwin

  Pioneers, Pioneer Spirit, Longing

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• Sure, you can choose the safety and predictability of the cage, forfeiting the adventure God has destined for you. But you won't be the only one missing out or losing out. When you lack the courage to chase the Wild Goose, the opportunity costs are staggering. Who might not hear about the love of God if you don't seize the opportunity to tell them? Who might be stuck in poverty, stuck in ignorance, stuck in pain if you're not there to help free them? Where might the advance of God's kingdom in the world stall out because you weren't there on the front lines?

  Mark Batterson

  Pain, Ignorance, Opportunity

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