Paul Theroux Quotes

I wanted the Peace Corps to be something very vague and unorganized, and to a large extent it was. It did not run smoothly. The consequence was that we were left alone.

Paul Theroux

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I'm a father with two daughters, and I don't want them to feel that they have to go and work in China when they are older.

Joe Kaeser

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When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow.

Robert H. Schuller

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I live in London, and I spend a lot of time in England and have a lot of British friends.

Stanley Tucci

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I was taught to be respectful and humble as a boy, and especially not arrogant.

Diego Godin

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Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.

Christopher Morley

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It's true in most movies I don't use my own voice.

Christopher Walken

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I took the step over to Europe to play at a big club at a young age. I think that's what's hard for a lot of people, moving over there.

Christian Pulisic

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Wearing a great shoe is essential for me.

Brad Goreski

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When you come out and know you're singing the national anthem, it gives you a buzz and gets you lifted for the game.

Ashley Cole

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When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.

Willie Mays

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The four principal oral instructors to whom I feel my mind indebted for improvement were Joseph Fawcet, Thomas Holcroft, George Dyson, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

William Godwin

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There is something suspect, especially in America, about people who don't have ten-year plans for a career or at least a regular job.

Sylvia Plath

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