One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.
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The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.
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I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.
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