Paul Theroux Quotes
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You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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I definitely want my fans to know that I'm here to stay, and I'm going to continue to give them hot music.
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I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.
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True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.
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I don't use sex to sell records, obviously, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel like I have to make an effort to look good when I go out onstage, to wear something pretty.
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Time machine... wouldn't you like to travel through time? I would. I'd go back... mess with people. You know what I would do? I would go back to when my mom and dad were having sex, to have me. Ya'know, come in, spank my dad on the ass *smack* I'M YOUR SON FROM THE FUTURE!! AAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! *smack* I'M FROM THE FUTURE!! I'M YOUR SON!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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But that was only the beginning of her mortification. Harold had proved her wrong. He had seen that she was a shifty, shallow hypocrite. She had not dared to be alone with him since her exposure. She had never looked at him and had hardly spoken. He seemed cheerful, but what was he thinking? He would never forgive her.
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'Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,' said Japhy. 'Remember that book I told you about; the first sip is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.'
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There have been men before … who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God himself… as if the good Lord had nothing to do but to exist. There have been some who were so preoccupied with spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ.
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Toni: Well... straight couples get respect when they marry. Maybe we need to make some kind of symbolic affirmation of our commitment to one another!Clarice: You mean...Toni: Yes! Let's open a joint checking account!Clarice: Oh, darling! But this is so sudden!
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When people blanket a whole class of people with statements, I just think that is unfair to everybody. I could do the same thing about media. I can do the same thing about politicians or lawyers, and they're just never accurate.
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Companies buy customers when they cannot win new business on their own. They merge when their executives do not have a better idea of what to do.
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My days are always changing, as some days, I'm on a shoot, or I will be DJing in the middle of the day or evening.
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We have a number of challenges ahead of us.
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i have no regrets. Regret only makes wrinkles.
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Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions.
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I had the perfect level, growing up, between being normal and having a little taste into Hollywood. People would recognize me once in a while, but I could still go out and have my life.
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I've often thought of successful entrepreneurs as individuals who have just the right expertise - at just the right moment - to solve the emerging problems of their time.
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Coffee as drunk in England, debilitates the stomach, and produces a slight nausea ... it is usually made from bad Coffee, served out tepid and muddy, and drowned in a deluge of water.
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The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.
