#expedition

An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible. ↗

— Henry Morton Stanley

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I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills. ↗

— Ranulph Fiennes

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Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult. ↗

— Louis Leakey

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Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole. ↗

— Ernest Shackleton

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Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#endurance #expedition #food #hunger #experience

Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination. ↗

— Janet Frame

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Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#leadership #sadism #leadership

The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition. ↗

— Dave Barry

#clark #expedition #lewis #lewis and clark #trip

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. ↗

— George Washington

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