Paul Theroux Quotes
People say writing is really hard. That's very unfair to those who are doing real jobs. People who work in the fields or fix roofs, engineers, or car mechanics. I think lying on your back working under an oily car, that's a job.
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You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
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Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel connected to it in a way. There's no part of my life that I look at and go, 'I don't recognize that person at all.'
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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It is my passion to direct movies.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will.
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Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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As an actress, you have to keep yourself fresh and new.
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I just want people to know out there no matter what they've done, God doesn't judge us on how many sins. God is there for us. He loves us. He wants us to turn it over to Him.
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For us to accomplish our goals, it will be necessary to transform our political culture, to respect plurality, and to build, among ourselves, bridges and more bridges.
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How quick we are to reject what others tell us! How fast we are to cast the blame on others, saying they always criticize us and find fault with us, they are not satisfied with anything we do, they do not understand us. But if we cannot accept anything others tell us, we are proud. The humble want to hear what others tell them. They have the courage to hear the truth about themselves and to admit that they need to change. Whether it is a small matter or a big matter, they say, "Yes, it is true. I need to turn over a new leaf.
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The idea that an afterlife had been invented to reassure people who couldn’t face the finality of death was no more plausible than the idea that the finality of death had been invented to reassure people who couldn’t face the nightmare of endless experience.
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People say writing is really hard. That's very unfair to those who are doing real jobs. People who work in the fields or fix roofs, engineers, or car mechanics. I think lying on your back working under an oily car, that's a job.
