Paul Theroux Quotes

The people I've known who've done great things of that type - you know, building hospitals, running schools - are very humble people. They give their lives to the project.

Paul Theroux

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There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.

Joe Lhota

ReasonWeaponNo ReasonAnybody

John Mayall doesn't get enough credit. He's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is a tragedy.

Joe Bonamassa

Rock And RollEnoughCreditTragedy

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

Jo Stafford

WorkToughThinkMoreNeverOut

People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.

Jessica Chastain

GreatBestPeopleMeCrazyConfused

I have encountered on this long road an enthusiasm for an Irishness which will be built on recognising again those sources from which spring the best of our reason and curiosity.

Michael D. Higgins

BestSpringCuriosityRoadLong

Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government.

John Perry Barlow

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Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.

John Podhoretz

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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

Ambrose Bierce

LegsEmergencyCowardWhoThinks

As a recording engineer - someone who is deeply embroiled in the process of making records every day - you see trends and fads run through the social organization of the population of musicians in the same way that they would run through a high school.

Steve Albini

DaySchoolOrganizationHigh School

I've said very openly that the first aspect of my artistry to arrive was writing. It took me a good number of years to find my voice.

Rodney Crowell

GoodMeWritingVoiceFindSaid

I couldn't imagine trying anything else besides acting. But I didn't know that to make it meant I'd be on a movie screen.

Mary Steenburgen

TryingActingKnowAnythingImagine

If the Democrats want to insult women by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it.

Mike Huckabee

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