Paul Theroux Quotes
		
	
	
		
	
	
	
		Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Paul Theroux
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Abel Korzeniowski
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mae West
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Salman Rushdie
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Walton Goggins
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Tahar Rahim
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Carl Honore
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
		
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		I had an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother, and though I look back fondly on my childhood, I think that when you've got four siblings sharing the same resources and a single kids' bathroom, it's going to get a little tense at times.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jeff Kinney
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I taught a class about the Tony Awards at a summer theater camp the year after I graduated from high school. So, the first time I was nominated for 'Spring Awakening,' it felt like a surreal dream: it was every childhood dream I had come true. It felt like a fairy tale.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jonathan Groff
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'd like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				W. C. Fields
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two, but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jill Scott
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Paul Theroux