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Paul Theroux Quotes

I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 10, 1941

Topics

Optimism Believe I Believe Sunny Am

Trump strikes me as the kind of guy that's on all the time. He's got a very forceful persona.

Time Me Kind Guy Got He

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Funny Love Romantic Humanity Worst

What happens is that the people who are leaders in any field are copied. I mean, there's a reason why every wine newsletter tends to look like mine. They see someone who's been successful, so they sort of copy these same ideas.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

People Ideas Wine Someone Look Copy

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.

Love You Can Do It Language Long You

Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.

Michael Jai White

Character Style Myself Think Doing

So many gay men are mothers to so many young people, me included. I've had gay men who were more mother to me than my own mother ever was.

Mother Men People Me Gay Young

There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons - the 'below the line' workers - whose only reward is to be pejoratively labeled 'below the line' workers. I say get them all on the next thing smoking to Vegas for an all expense paid weekend of whatever.

People Smoking Recognition Reward

As far as I'm concerned, the people who aren't paying taxes don't get to run around claiming that they built everything, that the built the roads and that they built the bridges and so forth.

Roads People Bridges Run Taxes Get

At university - when I was supposed to be studying biochemistry - I had tried to write a children's book about a boy and a wolf cub, and there was a paragraph in that which was from the wolf's point of view.

Children Book Wolf View Boy Write

Country music has always sort of been country music.

Miranda Lambert

Music Country Always Country Music

There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.

Leadership Face Crisis Africa Must

I'd like to be a role model.

Role Model Role Like Model

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