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Paul Theroux Quotes

An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 10, 1941

Topics

Place Geography Island Up Been

The truth is, we have this idea that late night is about creativity and being cool, but that's not our job. Our job is to get as many people watching the commercials in between our show. That's the reality of it.

Truth Creativity Job People Cool

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

Time Deserve Minimum Wage Line Five

A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow.

Johann Georg Hamann

Today Day Tomorrow Misunderstood Who

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

Success Nothing More Little Get

Virgil Flowers fishes in the St. Croix where I fish for muskies near my house.

Flowers Fish House Where Near

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Trisha Yearwood

Music Girl Country Never Singer

There has never been a campaign where there hasn't been sniping from the outside and second-guessing. I hear the same sometimes from the Democratic side in terms of President Obama's campaign, so that's to be expected.

Sometimes President Never Outside

Most of the characters I have in my children's books are grouchy or annoyed about something or are calling each other unfriendly names. Like my own kids, they're not honeys and sweetie pies and little angels. They're kids. Sloppy, dirty, stinky.

Children Dirty Angels My Own Names

I could take a cemetery and make all the tombstones beer companies. There's a lot of craft beers that came and went. A lot of them.

Beer Craft Take Cemetery Make Them

It is not easy for me to pick out one goal or match as my favourite, but if I had to choose one Wembley memory, it would probably be my free-kick against Portsmouth in 2010.

Memory Me Easy Choose Goal Out

My life has always gone step by step.

Life Step My Life Always Gone

It's okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it.

Brian Helgeland

Truth Lie Reach Doing Long You

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