"I do not want to be young again." — Paul Theroux
"I do not want to be young again."
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Paul Theroux
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148 Quotes by Paul Theroux
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It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his…
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Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.
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The traveler's boast, sometimes couched as a complaint, is that of having been an eyewitness, and invariably this experience -…
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The monotony of staying in one place is the best thing for writing a novel. Having regular habits, a kind…
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Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and…
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They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter.
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The lust of the eye. The best photographs were, to me, like an experience of drowning.
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In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed.
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Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel.
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The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the…
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My greatest inspiration is memory.
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Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors…
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;…
— Aristotle
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The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
— Aristotle
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It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
— Aristotle
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Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one…
— Paul Auster
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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they…
— Neil Armstrong
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I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever…
— Bella Abzug
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When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
— Arthur Ashe
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You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense.
— Margaret Atwood
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,…
— Margaret Atwood
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Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how…
— Margaret Atwood
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