Paul Theroux Quotes

When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost.

Paul Theroux

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Falling head over heels in love with women was a habit I thought I'd thoroughly grown out of in middle school, when a group of about five girls and I color-coordinated our outfits and spent weekends and even some weeknights sprawled out in each others bedrooms.

Jenna Wortham

LoveWomenHabitSchoolThoughtOut

An example of good debt is the debt on the apartment houses I own. That debt is good only as long as there are tenants to pay my mortgages. If tenants stop paying their rent, my good debt turns into bad debt.

Robert Kiyosaki

GoodLongBadStopDebtRent

Reading fairytales to children expands their imaginations.

Robert Lepage

ChildrenReadingImaginations

I work out a lot, but it changes day to day. I always start out with some cardio - either a jog, a bike ride, or footwork drills designed specifically for tennis movement. Then I do weights, but I switch the days: one day it's upper body, the next day it's lower body. Then I do stomach and back pretty much every day.

Ana Ivanovic

WorkDayRideBikeStartBody

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

Sonny Bono

KnowledgeRespectWordsYouDown

My daughter thinks my shows suck.

Shonda Rhimes

DaughterSuckThinksShows

I've inherited a kind of... willfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I'll just hang in there with something until it happens.

Tony Goldwyn

QuietKindHangSomethingJust

People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.

Robyn Hitchcock

IntelligencePeopleBiggerGetTend

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

Ronald Reagan

FriendsTroubleKnowIgnorantJust

If I wanted to win all my fights, I would be a Yankee fan. I'm a Cub fan.

Mike Quigley

WinWouldFanWantedYankeeCub

I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories.

Lisa Marie Presley

LoveMusicMemoriesMeLove MeBack

Voters are smart. They know the difference between a Democratic Party that wants their vote and a Democratic Party that believes in making their life better. They'll forgive you for pushing a policy they don't like as long as they believe you're doing it because you genuinely believe it's what's best for the country.

Jason Kander

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