Paul Theroux Quotes

My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as a volunteer only after a great deal of explaining and arguing.

Paul Theroux

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We're gonna try and bring on all the different aspects of horror movie making and bring on guests and show all these old '50's B movies. Not the real corny ones, the real cool ones.

Jerry Only

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Some people will always gossip.

Andris Nelsons

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When people say, 'Who are you?' I'm a sculptor and a painter. That's how I define myself. The acting is fun, and I hope to leave behind a couple things in my life of dramatic integrity and art.

Michael Horse

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I feel it in my bones that if I had a kid, I would not either continue to write or have written the book I have done. So it's just me and the dog. I've always gotten along better with animals than I have with children, anyway.

Sonya Hartnett

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I'm not saying that more performance wouldn't be better - all these technologies are going to get better - that's the difference between first generation and second generation.

Trip Hawkins

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Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights records to remain as members, such as China and Saudi Arabia, is not real reform.

Michael McCaul

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People never confess to failure. They should.

Mo Ibrahim

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Most of my nightmares that jolt me awake either involve the cosmos or something completely out of human control. In reality, I worry more about nuclear war, or war in general.

Lorene Scafaria

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Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.

Dick Thornburgh

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I'm actually an evil bastard in real life. Fark allows me to vent weirdness. Thank god for that, too.

Drew Curtis

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You can channel a lot within a comic framework, and I think 'The Guard' had a lot going on outside of the comedy, which is satisfying.

Brendan Gleeson

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I'm a progressive. The progression has to be manifested in a new direction in policies and legislation.

Bobby Seale

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