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Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship.

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Tahir Shah
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 16
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London
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The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the high wire of this, the real world. I longed not merely to travel through it, but to live in such a city.
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If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure.
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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.
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I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.
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On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.
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I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
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To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle, an impediment, in humanity's quest foe real progress.
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The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after two minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.
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These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.
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Stories are not like the real world they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.
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