"You can't write about a friend, you can……" — Paul Theroux
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148 Quotes by Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux has 148 quotes on this site.
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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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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
— Jane Austen
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As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good…
— Kelly Ayotte
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the…
— Tallulah Bankhead
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When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way…
— Michele Bachmann
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
— Hosea Ballou
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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the…
— Honore de Balzac
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Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys.
— Jello Biafra
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Well, as a former small businessperson - I understand what's going on, I think in the business community. And businesspeople…
— John Boehner
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I'm a comic nerd. I'm a former serious collector for much of my childhood and early teen years I wanted…
— Anthony Bourdain
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As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots…
— John O. Brennan
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When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
— David Brin
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While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in…
— Geraldine Brooks
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