Paul Theroux Quotes
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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I don't like attacking.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious.
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I'm not really concerned with the outer success.
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I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny.
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I realized that both the military and religious orders depend on discipline to shape people - which routine does, in a lot of ways.
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I like silence. Aesthetically, I feel strangled by the fast cutting and a wall of sound. And I think showing black people thinking onscreen is radical.
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People see a hungry face, and they want to feed it; that's a natural response.
