Paul Theroux Quotes
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.
Paul Theroux
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I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.
Patricia Reilly Giff
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Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius.
Damien Hirst
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The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.
Taylor Caldwell
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That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'
Ed O'Neill
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If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me?
Karen Blixen
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While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.
Bill Kristol
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My visions and fantasies are pretty standard. The only difference is I got to do it, while most of us haven't. Beyond that, I'm a pretty standard guy. Give me a gal with a sense of humor, acidic wit, who's read a few books and has a body like a Swedish speed skater, and I'm quite content.
David Lee Roth
Van Halen
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At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not.
Kevin Hart
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From the time I was 8 years old I was on almost every radio show there was.
Dick Van Patten
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. . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . .
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.
Paul Theroux