Paul Theroux Quotes

The job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth.

Paul Theroux

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All American fiction could be classified as immigrant fiction.

Jhumpa Lahiri

AmericanImmigrantFictionClassified

When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work.

Jessica Lange

WorkHomeI AmWantStretchGet

Although I'm a scratch Ping-Pong player, there is no possibility of me beating a top professional.

Matt Kuchar

MeProfessionalTopScratchPlayer

If you get an idea, you might as well stick with it until somebody calls you on it.

Michael Ian Black

YouStickWellGetIdeaSomebody

While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power.

Michael Dirda

PowerDestinyGeniusWillRealHis

Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.

Michael Faraday

WaterMeViewFeelingsWonderNew

It's profound to watch a little African-American girl light up when she raps as George Washington and she realizes that Washington's story is her story. That this history belongs to all of us.

Rory O'Malley

GirlHistoryLightStoryWashington

Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.

Michael Pitt

PeopleLearnWantPlacesSeeWatch

Superconductivity helped broaden my professional phase space. When I started my work, it was already known that magnetic fields could quench superconductivity. I found that the transition was not continuous, that superconductivity was initially enhanced in the presence of magnetic fields, then it would suddenly fall off.

Mildred Dresselhaus

WorkSpaceFallProfessionalStarted

I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

Derek Jeter

MistakesNot PerfectThinkLearnYou

Here's the funny thing about the response I've been aware of to my dating famous people: It's been very negative. I'm either not good-looking enough, not a good enough actor or not successful enough for these people.

Dax Shepard

FunnyGoodDatingPeopleNegative

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.

Constance Baker Motley

FreedomLegalDifferenceSignificant

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