Quote by Paul Theroux
You define a good flight by negatives: you didnt get hijacked, you

You define a good flight by negatives: you didnt get hijacked, you didnt crash, you didnt throw up, you werent late, you werent nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. – Paul Theroux

Other quotes by Paul Theroux

When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa I didnt make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didnt make a phone call. So for six years I didnt make a phone call, but I wrote letters, I wrote short stories, I wrote books. – Paul Theroux

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Peace
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Tourists dont know where theyve been, travelers dont know where theyre going. – Paul Theroux

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Travel
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Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. Its also about mutual help, not about exploitation. – Paul Theroux

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Friendship
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Most food you drop is still perfectly edible. If it was in your eyesight the whole time, you can pick it up and eat it. – Mehmet Oz

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Food

I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth… It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting. – Wolfgang Puck

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Food

Food is fuel and not a solution to anything other than giving your body nutrients. I love chocolate like the next girl, but its not going to change my situation. – Gabrielle Reece

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Food

We dont really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. Its a cultural thing, so maybe we dont need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isnt as nice here so theres no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles. – Denise Mina

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Food

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Our blunders mostly come from letting our wishes interpret our duties. – Author Unknown

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I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldnt want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith – Ive had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe Id like to be J. K. Rowling, but Ill settle for second best. – Wilbur Smith

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Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit; for, without being seen, they are present with you. – St Francis of Sales

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Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another. – Henry Louis Mencken

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