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    If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking -- one sport you shouldn't have to reserve a time and a court for.

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It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

by George Duhamel Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.

It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.

by Earl Camden Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.

Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.

by Lord Thomas Dewar Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.

Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.

by John Sales Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then read more

It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then give yourself a mental credit for each of them, however small. This will help you focus on what you have done instead of what you haven't gotten around to do. It may sound simplistic, but it works.

by David D. Burns Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.

by Odysseus Elytis Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do read more

Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.

by Ernest Benn Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

by Colin Wilson Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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