Paul Theroux Quotes

A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing.

Paul Theroux

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I am the biggest Destiny's Child - Beyonce, Kelly, Michelle, all of them - fan in the world.

Jennifer Hudson

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It's always a fantastic moment for me when someone wears one of our designs.

Jenny Packham

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We founded thatgamecompany to push the boundary of video games as an interactive medium.

Jenova Chen

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A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation.

Ann Druyan

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The intelligence community is governed by the same legal and ethical standards as the rest of American government and society, but an operational imperative is here, too. An intelligence community charged with global responsibilities cannot be successful without diversity of thought, culture and language.

Michael Hayden

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I made a sort-of living in the beginning of my acting career as a reporter. I think my very first job was 'Early Edition' as reporter no. 1, and for 'Light It Up,' I was reporter no. 2.

Amy Landecker

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I can remember the World's Fair in New York in 1964; I was three.

Stanley Tucci

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Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it.

Sigmar Gabriel

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I don't really view myself as an actor.

Simon Bird

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I have a Volvo S60R and it's a pretty fast car, the R says it all.

Josie Maran

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I want to have a lengthy career. I want to play interesting characters. I want to tell beautiful stories, complex stories, deep stories.

Jovan Adepo

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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

Jonathan Swift

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