Paul Theroux Quotes
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven, and I will look down on my beautiful life.
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Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
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A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
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No one in the whole movie ever asks anyone, Did you write this letter' Part of the reason is that no one wants to hear that it isn't for them. As soon as they read it, they want it to be theirs.
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The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated.
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With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn't let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music.
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Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?
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I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in.
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I always look for interesting, complex characters. You know, interesting, well-written material.
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It is not about money. It is about how you treat the player.
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But the point is to get a whole new generation of people and people in general more re-engaged in news, and this has happened a lot since September 11th of course.
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There are no good and bad peoples; there are only leaderships that behave responsibly or insanely.
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I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.
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You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.
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My first show was 'The King and I' when I was five.
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The historic terrain of macro-economic theory is the explanation of the levels and fluctuations of overall economic activity. Macro-economists have been especially interested in the effects of alternative fiscal, financial, and monetary policies.
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I have always dealt with economic forces, rather than philosophic forces, but you can't split history into neat little non-overlapping divisions. For instance, religions tend to accumulate wealth when successful and that eventually tends to distort the economic development of a society.
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If the public thought elevates you above the generality of men, let the other humble you, and hold you in a perfect equality with all mankind, for this is your natural condition.
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I'd like to just say that there's nothing darker than 'Old Yeller' and 'Bambi' and some of the early Disney stuff.
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Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.
