Paul Theroux Quotes
The people I've known who've done great things of that type - you know, building hospitals, running schools - are very humble people. They give their lives to the project.
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You go where you think it's good for your work and your soul to go. I need to go someplace where I am reminded about why I wanted to act in the first place, and for me, that's the theater.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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I think I'll be single my whole life. It's entirely possible I'm going to end up alone. Because I don't want to make any sacrifices for my own development and achieving what I want to achieve, and I don't want a family to get in the way of that.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free.
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Dads in the family are even more important than women in the workplace: The workplace benefits from women, but the family needs dads.
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Legality can't create love if it isn't there, or preserve it if it's dying, but it can destroy love by making it compulsory.
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The people I've known who've done great things of that type - you know, building hospitals, running schools - are very humble people. They give their lives to the project.
