Quote by Paul Theroux
The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child

The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love. – Paul Theroux

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A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. Its not about inventing. – Paul Theroux

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Travel
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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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I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I dont quite know how to explain it but its there. These cant be the only notes in the world, theres got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys. – Marvin Gaye

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Hope

I am encouraged that theres going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope thats not wishful thinking. – Jan Brewer

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Hope

I dont think Im a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. – Spike Lee

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Hope

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope? – Immanuel Kant

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Hope

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They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. – Josiah Bailey

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The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise. – Mia Love

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History is past politics, and politics present history. – John Robert Seeley, The Growth of British Policy

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Our attitude toward life determines lifes attitude towards us. – John N. Mitchell

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