Paul Theroux Quotes
Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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New technologies such as solar systems or hybrid cars aren't created overnight. By extending these tax credits we are giving this industry time to grow, branch out and succeed.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the terribly low labor force participation rates and terribly high unemployment rates of young men, especially young men in ethnic minority groups and, in particular, young black men.
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I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks.
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So we have broad bipartisan support for the bill, and it's my hope that we can build on some of the things that have been talked about in Washington involving building a larger ownership society.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame, really - 'Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood.' I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid.
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I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
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For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that.
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You are not happy when you feel happy, you are happy when you are happy.
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Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
