Contracts Quote by Paul Theroux

“Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.”

Paul Theroux

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I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel…

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The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked…

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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals.

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You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.

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“sightseeing, an activity that delights the truly idle because it seems so much like scholarship, gawping and eavesdropping on antiquity, flattering oneself with the…

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The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

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Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't.

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In a way, Che Guevara's fate was far worse than Simon Bolivar's. Guevara's collapse was complete: his intentions were forgotten, but his style was…

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It is the simplest fact of Indian life: there are too many Indians.

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Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.

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When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home.

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Men in their late 50s often make very bad decisions.

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Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word, slavery.

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These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition…

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