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Certain Quotes by Paul Theroux
- It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist…
- The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the comfort of the dining car,…
- If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think.
- Writers are painful friends, and they are seldom friendly with others. They are insecure in the presence of other writers. Composers of certain kinds of…
- I should start by saying that traveling in the States is a bit like traveling in Asia. You need it, it helps to have an…
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- Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. — Richard Bach
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- I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't… — Arthur Ashe
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. — Margaret Atwood
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- To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. — Jane Austen