Michael Palin Quotes

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• Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life

  Michael Palin

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• John Hall, my geography teacher at school inspired me to a lifelong interest in geography and a curiosity about our world which has stayed with me through my life. Geography is a living, breathing subject, constantly adapting itself to change. It is dynamic and relevant. For me geography is a great adventure with a purpose.

  Michael Palin

  Teacher, School, Adventure

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• Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future

  Michael Palin

  Keys, Geography, Our Future

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• I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.

  Michael Palin

  Trying, Life Is, Disaster

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• Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.

  Michael Palin

  Religious, Believe, Creating

  "Letter from London". Personal Website, palinstravels.co.uk. September 18, 2003.

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• I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

  Michael Palin

  Stupid, Silly, Wanted

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• The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.

  Michael Palin

  Thinking, Race, Down And

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• It's not an easy option. The essence of travel is letting go of habit and prejudice and relishing the unfamiliar. Food you've never eaten before, a language you've never spoken before, religion that mystifies, customs that confuse, politics that perplex, all question everyday assumptions about how you live your life.

  Michael Palin

  Letting Go, Essence, Live Your Life

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• You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.

  Michael Palin

  Rubber, Suits, Chickens

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• I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.

  Michael Palin

  Way, Life Is, Circumstances

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

  Michael Palin

  Buddhist, Poverty, Situation

  Michael Palin (2010). “Himalaya”, p.273, Hachette UK

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• I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.

  Michael Palin

  Art, Travel, Perfect

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• I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

  Michael Palin

  People, Argument, Cautious

  Michael Palin (2010). “The Python Years: Diaries 1969-1979 Volume One”, p.92, Hachette UK

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• Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.

  Michael Palin

  Curiosity, World, Window

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• If atheists are deaf to the word of God, then theists are blind to the ways of man.

  Michael Palin

  Atheist, Men, Religion

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• One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

  Michael Palin

  Cycling, Important, Riding A Bicycle

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• One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.

  Michael Palin

  Goodbye, Saying Goodbye, Difficult

  "Sahara with Michael Palin". Documentary, 2002.

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• I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

  Michael Palin

  Religious, Thinking, Leader

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• In the absence of fear there is little faith.

  Michael Palin

  Religion, Atheism, Littles

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• All I ask of food is that it doesn't harm me.

  Michael Palin

  Food, Cooking, Culinary

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• Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.

  Michael Palin

  Garden, Long, People

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• My marriage has worked because I am not around much.

  Michael Palin

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• Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

  Michael Palin

  Believe, People, Diversity

  "Letter from London". Personal Website, palinstravels.co.uk. September 18, 2003.

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• Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.

  Michael Palin

  Queens, Fall, Night

  Michael Palin (2010). “Full Circle”, p.177, Hachette UK

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• 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 rocket, or simply get in a balloon and keep going. But if it's sheer, unadulterated discomfort you're looking for, just stay on land.

  Michael Palin

  Land, Volunteer, Three

  "Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days". Documentary, 1989.

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