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.
Hanna Rosin -
I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
Fedor Emelianenko -
It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
Edmund S. Muskie -
There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
H. Rap Brown -
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.
Salman Rushdie -
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.
Ida B. Wells
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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.
Namie Amuro -
I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
Tamron Hall -
Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is.
Nancy Duarte -
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.
Jack Kemp -
It really sucks to be the number two intelligent species on this planet; you can just ask gorillas.
Jaan Tallinn -
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.
Omari Hardwick
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When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
Victor Hugo -
The world and life are one. (5.621)
Ludwig Wittgenstein -
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.
Alison Bechdel -
Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold's — the gym in Venice, California, where all the top guys train — there was a black girl who came out naked. Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs, where we all got together.
Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Who was it who said that a wise man speaks when he has something to say, but a fool speaks because he must?
Alastair Reynolds -
For my first album I wanted to make a record that would be intimate, deeply personal, and honest.
James McCartney
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The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics -
As we visit Mars multiple times, we will build up infrastructure on the surface to expand the capabilities and reach of humans on Mars.
Ellen Stofan -
Obsidian was caused by volcanoes, an eruption of steam and gas so furious that it melted the earth itself into this hard, shiny object.
Kathi Appelt -
'Dancing With the Stars' really opened a lot of doors for me, and I'm so grateful for that.
Chelsea Kane -
A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.
Paul Theroux