Paul Theroux Quotes

To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.

Paul Theroux

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GreatMeWritingThoughtLaborAct

I like to take credit for the work that I have done.

Jesse Williams

WorkCreditDoneTakeLike

I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts.

Jeremy Lin

OthersOutAgainstThunderDraft

Every time I hear a politician mention the word 'stimulus,' my mind flashes back to high school biology class, when I touched battery wires to a dead frog to make it twitch.

Robert Kiyosaki

TimeSchoolMindHigh SchoolBiology

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.

Robert M. Hutchins

GreatLightTelevisionPrintingBeen

Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring.

Jean Henri Fabre

HeritageFirstTurnUpUsCome

I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God.

Spalding Gray

LifeLiveGodMemoriesMyselfThink

Cohabitation itself doesn't cause ineffective parenting.

Stephanie Coontz

ParentingCauseIneffectiveItself

The white nationalist position, David Duke has always espoused that. The belief that immigrants are a threat to America and that we need border control, David Duke espoused that, and he talked about it during the time I was dealing with him.

Ron Stallworth

TimeControlBorderAmericaWhite

I have a little name. That's why people can remember it.

Mike Watt

PeopleNameRememberWhyLittle

My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep appreciation for protecting land and waterways. There, I learned outdoorsmanship.

Louis Bacon

FatherMemoriesFishingAppreciation

I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.

Jason Mraz

PositiveWorkAgePowerYourselfMe

I think 'Chef' is about somebody who's in the middle of his life, and he's kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption.

Jon Favreau

LifePassionChefVoiceThinkLost

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