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Robyn Davidson Quotes

As you get older, you do just get tired Picture Quote #1

These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from Picture Quote #1

After thirty years of being ‘the camel lady,’ believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight Picture Quote #1

Thank God for being a writer, because you do sort of find out what you think by the process of writing Picture Quote #1

Life’s the adventure. You don’t have to drop your bundle and go bush. It’s about being brave within the context that you’re in Picture Quote #1

It is always interesting being on films sets - I have done it before with other actor friends - and I just find it fascinating. I just love that collaborative film family that develops around a project Picture Quote #1

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Some of the best conversations I’ve had are sitting around a camp fire Picture Quote #1

The romantic view would be that nomads are wonderful people, better than us; they care about the environment Picture Quote #1

Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we’re not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out there - you just can’t do it anymore Picture Quote #1

At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs Picture Quote #1

There are worse things than being called ‘the camel lady,’ I suppose Picture Quote #1

You can trick yourself into doing things by doing it one step at a time and never letting yourself see the overall picture Picture Quote #1

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If you think of all the enduring stories in the world, they’re of journeys. Whether it’s ‘Don Quixote’ or ‘Ulysses,’ there’s always this sense of a quest - of a person going away to be tested, and coming back Picture Quote #1

The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city Picture Quote #1

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there’s no going back Picture Quote #1

The truth is I’m not really interested in travel writing as it’s generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing Picture Quote #1

The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop Picture Quote #1

Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning Picture Quote #1

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Australia’s arid western region, from the town of Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean coast, is a beautiful, haunting, but largely empty land. Dominated by the harsh, almost uninhabited Great Sandy and Gibson deserts, the region is known only to Australian Aborigines, a handful of white settlers, and the few travelers who motor across it Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be bored; I don’t want to be with someone I don’t respect Picture Quote #1

By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves Picture Quote #1

The agricultural revolution transformed the earth and changed the fate of humanity. It produced an entirely new mode of subsistence, which remains the foundation of the global economy to this day Picture Quote #1

The genre has moved into this commercial aspect of itself, and ignored this extraordinarily rich literature that’s filed everywhere else except under travel Picture Quote #1

I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray Picture Quote #1

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I believe that the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditional, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up Picture Quote #1

To be free one needs constant and unrelenting vigilance over one’s weaknesses. A vigilance which requires a moral energy most of us are incapable of manufacturing. We relax back into the moulds of habit. They are secure, they bind us and keep us contained at the expense of freedom. To break the moulds, to be heedless of the seductions of security is an impossible struggle, but one of the few that count. To be free is to learn, to test yourself constantly, to gamble Picture Quote #1

The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision Picture Quote #1

Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another’s eyes Picture Quote #1

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there’s no going back Picture Quote #1

Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form Picture Quote #1

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As you get older, you do just get tired (Robyn Davidson Quotes) These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from (Robyn Davidson Quotes) After thirty years of being ‘the camel lady,’ believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) Thank God for being a writer, because you do sort of find out what you think by the process of writing. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) Life’s the adventure. You don’t have to drop your bundle and go bush. It’s about being brave within the context that you’re in. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) It is always interesting being on films sets - I have done it before with other actor friends - and I just find it fascinating. I just love that collaborative film family that develops around a project. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) Some of the best conversations I’ve had are sitting around a camp fire (Robyn Davidson Quotes) The romantic view would be that nomads are wonderful people, better than us; they care about the environment. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we’re not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out there - you just can’t do it anymore. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) There are worse things than being called ‘the camel lady,’ I suppose (Robyn Davidson Quotes) You can trick yourself into doing things by doing it one step at a time and never letting yourself see the overall picture. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) If you think of all the enduring stories in the world, they’re of journeys. Whether it’s ‘Don Quixote’ or ‘Ulysses,’ there’s always this sense of a quest - of a person going away to be tested, and coming back. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there’s no going back. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) The truth is I’m not really interested in travel writing as it’s generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop (Robyn Davidson Quotes) Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) Australia’s arid western region, from the town of Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean coast, is a beautiful, haunting, but largely empty land. Dominated by the harsh, almost uninhabited Great Sandy and Gibson deserts, the region is known only to Australian Aborigines, a handful of white settlers, and the few travelers who motor across it. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) I don’t want to be bored; I don’t want to be with someone I don’t respect (Robyn Davidson Quotes) By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) The agricultural revolution transformed the earth and changed the fate of humanity. It produced an entirely new mode of subsistence, which remains the foundation of the global economy to this day. (Robyn Davidson Quotes) The genre has moved into this commercial aspect of itself, and ignored this extraordinarily rich literature that’s filed everywhere else except under travel (Robyn Davidson Quotes) I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray (Robyn Davidson Quotes) I believe that the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditional, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up (Robyn Davidson Quotes) To be free one needs constant and unrelenting vigilance over one’s weaknesses. A vigilance which requires a moral energy most of us are incapable of manufacturing. We relax back into the moulds of habit. They are secure, they bind us and keep us contained at the expense of freedom. To break the moulds, to be heedless of the seductions of security is an impossible struggle, but one of the few that count. To be free is to learn, to test yourself constantly, to gamble (Robyn Davidson Quotes) The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision (Robyn Davidson Quotes) Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another’s eyes (Robyn Davidson Quotes) I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there’s no going back (Robyn Davidson Quotes) Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form (Robyn Davidson Quotes)

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