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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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 didn't go to parties or anything like that.
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Conflicts are not temporary interruptions: they are structural, socio-economic catastrophes, and funding must be allocated accordingly.
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John McCain... looks like a fraud to me.
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It's cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values.
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Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.
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For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room.
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The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.
