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The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.
William Least Heat-Moon
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William Least Heat-Moon
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: August 27
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Kansas City
Missouri
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A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck routine. Live the real jeopardy of circumstance. It was a question of dignity.
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Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.
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I like the digressive kind of traveling, where there's not a particular, set, goal.
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Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while. Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more.
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Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren't turned properly they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources.
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Whoever the last true cowboy in America turns out to be, he's likely to be an Indian.
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The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one's self a fool.
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