Exploration

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Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Topic

Wandering Exploration Taking one's time

Speaker

Gandalf

Author

J.R.R. Tolkien

Source

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Medium

Novel

Genre

Fantasy

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. George Allen & Unwin, 1954, ch. 10.

One never goes so far as when one doesn't know
where one is going.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic

Exploration Adventure

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1812 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Letter to Carl Friedrich Zelter. 3 Nov. 1812.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Steve Jobs

Read this speech at stanford.edu

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Topic

Following your heart Curiosity Exploration

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

2005 Stanford commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Brand, Stewart. "Whole Earth Epilog." Whole Earth Catalog, Oct. 1974.

In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.

Abigail Adams

Read this letter at the Massachusetts Historical Society website

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Topic

Feminism Oppression of women Men and women Tyranny Exploration

Author

Abigail Adams

Source

Letters of Abigail Adams

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Adams, Abigail. Letter to John Adams. 31 Mar. 1776.

Current Citation

Adams, Abigail. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor. Belknap Press, 2010.

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Curiosity Exploration Travel

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Little Gidding

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eliot, T. S. "Little Gidding." New English Weekly, Oct. 1942, pt. 5.

The idea of knowing exactly where you're going is overrated.

Sarah Sze

The New Yorker

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Topic

Journey vs. destination Wandering Exploration

Speaker

Sarah Sze

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sze, Sarah. "A Million Little Pieces." Interviewed by Andrea K. Scott. The New Yorker, 7 May 2012.

As far as "detours" are concerned, they're always more interesting than the main road.

Mary Kelly

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Topic

Journey vs. destination The road less travelled Detours Exploration Wandering

Speaker

Mary Kelly

Source

Mary Kelly

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Kelly, Mary. Mary Kelly. Phaidon Press, 1997. Originally stated in an interview with Douglas Crimp. c. 1990.