Paul Theroux Quotes

I was raised in a large family. The first reason for my travel was to get away from my family. I knew that I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't want people to ask me questions about it.

Paul Theroux

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Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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My mother, Nancy Dickerson, was a reporter for CBS and NBC and the first female star of television news; my father, Wyatt Dickerson, was a successful businessman. Their parties, from the '60s to the '80s, attracted cabinet officials, movie stars, and presidents.

John Dickerson

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I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.

John Catsimatidis

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I think role models exist, but they usually don't get the light because people like scandal.

Andie MacDowell

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There's a lot of movies that aren't all about Christmas, or where Christmas isn't the focus, but have that spirit of Christmas in them. I love that sequence in 'Auntie Mame,' where she's in the department store, sewing at Macy's, and she doesn't know how to do anything but fill out a form as 'cash on delivery!'

Robert Osborne

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I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could have done more.

Mickey Rooney

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That's wonderful. And what did you do with the money?

Miriam Hopkins

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I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.

Milos Forman

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Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.

Jasper Fforde

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I've always liked a lot of different kinds of music.

Dianne Reeves

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Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Aristotle

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It's hard to give specific advice because there's so many different types of animals. In making movies, you just have to figure out what type of animal you are and then find the road.

Anthony Russo

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