Paul Theroux Quotes
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It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
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I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.
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I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out.
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I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.
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Whenever I tell people I'm from Miami, they always ask me about the beach. But I can count on one hand the times I went there as a kid.
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People don't usually compliment your character.
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The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.
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L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.
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And all the zig-zags and lines in my hair? I used to do that myself. I just thought it was cool that you could actually do that with your hair.
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Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
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Looking towards the future, one of the most important issues the national community must face is the widening gap between the liberated, modern, independent women and our traditional men who are being left behind.
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When I first read Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl,' I saw for the first time that a girl could be a writer and that it had something to do with survival and with ethics and fighting against evil. I admired her, though her diary remained terrifying and mysterious to me. She was a character in a real fairy tale - fairy tales are brutal.
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Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.
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I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books.
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I never stopped drinking, I just don't drink that much anymore. You know, sometimes on the weekends, it's not like a daily thing.
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I've eaten ice cream from all over the world, but until you've tasted Graham's from Geneva, Illinois, you haven't had ice cream at all.
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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
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When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.
