Paul Theroux Quotes

The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate’s career. He can either forget it, or capitalize on it. Most choose the latter.

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• Since 2000, I've been based in Paris at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, curating the programme there. Internationally, it's a very open situation that goes beyond national boundaries; directors and curators move from one country to another, which has opened up the museum landscape.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Up
  • Country
  • Art

• A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • God
  • Help
  • Me

• People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • People
  • Want
  • Need

• All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.

  

  Ian Holm
  • Acting
  • Role
  • Performances

• 'Die Antwoord' just has a nice ring to it.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
  • Die
  • Nice
  • Ring

• What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.

  

  Salman Khurshid
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

  

  B. C. Forbes
  • Satisfaction
  • Only
  • Mutual

• Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.

  

  Patrick Whitesell
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Movies

• I definitely would not do a reality show.

  

  Hailey Bieber
  • Reality
  • Show
  • Would

• Stock photos are used everywhere on the Net. Chances are, the website you are on right now uses stock photos somewhere - maybe as the featured image of the blog post. This also means that there will always be a large market for stock photographers.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • You
  • Now
  • Stock

• In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Time
  • Movies
  • Time Passes

• If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Time
  • Success
  • Progress

• I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Man
  • Know
  • Human

• Since I could read, I always had my nose in a book.

  

  Zoe Sugg
  • Book
  • Always
  • Nose

• I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Think
  • Way
  • Thought

• If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Men
  • Women
  • Adventure

• All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Gold
  • Nothing
  • Loser

• I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Life
  • Time
  • Fun

• Do things fairly, especially with your children. Girls deserve equal opportunities, especially in getting educated as well as equal sharing in business.

  

  Andrew Gotianun
  • Children
  • Business

• I always imagine that if I met Dr. Seuss, he would be very similar to Crispin Glover.

  

  Jim Gaffigan

• We the U.S. think nothing…of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.

  

  Ralph Peters

• In surveys, many borrowers say reverse mortgages have improved their lives and provided money they needed for retirement.

  

  Charles Duhigg
  • Money
  • Retirement

• We all show facets, to your mother, or to your boyfriend, or a friend. You're always a bit different.

  

  Eva Green
  • Mother
  • Friend
  • Facets

• The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate’s career. He can either forget it, or capitalize on it. Most choose the latter.

  

  Paul Theroux
  • Country
  • Career
  • Black