54 Quotes by Rick Steves
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I asked my new friend, “Were you born here?” He thought about it, paused, and then said, “No, ’twas ’bout five miles down the road.” Later, I asked him, “Have you lived here all your life?” He winked and said, “Not yet.
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Be militantly optimistic.
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I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective, because I think Americans tend to be some of the most ethnocentric people on the planet. It’s not just Americans, it’s the big countries. It’s the biggest countries that tend to be ethnocentric or ugly. There are ugly Russians, ugly Germans, ugly Japanese and ugly Americans. You don’t find ugly Belgians or ugly Bulgarians, they’re just too small to think the world is their norm.
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Regardless of your journey, you can put a little pilgrim in your travels and find your own personal jubilation.
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France is Europe’s most diverse, tasty, and exciting country to explore. It’s a cultural bouillabaisse that surprises travelers with its varied, complex flavors.
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To me, understanding people and their lives is what travel is about, no matter where you go.
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Travelers recognize that the results of an election here in the US can have a greater impact on poor people half a world away than it does on middle-class American voters. My travels have taught me that, even if motived only by greed, you don’t want to be really rich in a desperately poor world. With this in mind, I think of it not as noble or heroic, but simply pragmatic to bring a compassion for the needy along with me into the voting booth.
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If you don’t like a place, maybe you don’t know enough about it... Give a culture the benefit of your open mind.
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Noticing the twinkling lights strung up in honor of the holy month of Ramadan, I thought “Charming- they’ve draped Christmas lights between their minarets.” But a Turk might come into my house and say, “Charming- he’s draped Ramadan lights on his Christmas tree.
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