Paul Theroux Quotes
There are places that I've always wanted to go. First I went to Africa, and when I was there I realized there were places in Africa I really to wanted to visit: The Congo, West Africa, Mombassa. I wanted to see the deep, dark, outlandish places.Paul Theroux
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The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
J. Maarten Troost -
I love the States and their attitudes about entertainment.
Gary Carr -
All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
Pat Nixon -
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
Edna St. Vincent Millay -
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
Salman Rushdie -
I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
Sam Smith
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I used to conduct the last opera in Berlin on Sunday, get on a plane on Monday to Chicago, and start a rehearsal that same night, if it was a performance week.
Daniel Barenboim -
I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.
Carlos Pena, Jr. -
My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
Tamsin Egerton -
I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
Rachel Joyce -
A lot of people are crazy, cruel and negative. They got a little too much time on their hands to discuss everybody else. I have a limited amount of energy to blow in a day. I'd rather read something that I like or watch a program I enjoy or ride my damn motorcycle or throw back a couple of shots of tequila with my friends.
Queen Latifah -
I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
Ildar Abdrazakov
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
Zane Grey -
I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.
Felicity Jones -
I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.
Rafael dos Anjos -
I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.
OMI -
I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.
Pamela Anderson -
The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.
Dan Shechtman
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Being that can be understood is language.
Hans-Georg Gadamer -
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
Elvis Costello -
It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's just what I like to do, I should say. I like to try to be as different as I can from one thing to the next.
Garret Dillahunt -
Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact that algebra and geometry are different in appearance. Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.
Omar Khayyam -
Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore.
James Watkins -
There are places that I've always wanted to go. First I went to Africa, and when I was there I realized there were places in Africa I really to wanted to visit: The Congo, West Africa, Mombassa. I wanted to see the deep, dark, outlandish places.
Paul Theroux