Paul Theroux Quotes
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture.
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The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.
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Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.
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I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
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Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is.
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The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to offer the Third World - a laughingstock to countries that are looking for an economic-development model.
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It really sucks to be the number two intelligent species on this planet; you can just ask gorillas.
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Life as a poet and actor truly became full circle as I stood on stage as host of 'Verses & Flow' and lived in both of these outfits. It was one of the best experiences of my professional life.
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When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
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As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.
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The world and life are one. (5.621)
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Sparrow: If you'd get a vasectomy, we wouldn't have to go through this every time.Stuart: But... but you know I want to have a baby eventually.Sparrow: So make some deposits at a sperm bank first. Then we can inseminate like normal people when we're ready.
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Prose is admittedly an art rooted in social intercourse, and a fiction writer is faster to find a common denominator with his cell mates than a poet is.
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Working with Sukumar was amazing. He's someone who trusts his actors and allows them to experiment with dialogues and scenes. When you're working with him, you learn a lot subconsciously, and that helped me in discovering the actor within.
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Suddenly, all the giant Hollywood franchises are being driven by alternative filmmakers.
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So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to squeeze the euro debate into the old language. But deep down it is a matter of deciding where one's future lies. It is a matter of political will and courage.
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When I read or hear of the mutual injuries of England and Ireland, I fancy it would have been a blessed thing had the sea never flowed between the two countries. Had they been all in one, surely there would have been more unity between them of interests and of feelings. But let us hope that days of peace and general enlightenment will arrive by ways past man's finding out.
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A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.
