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Its only when youre alone that you realize where you are. You have

Its only when youre alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources. – Paul Theroux

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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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The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but its the only thing theyve been allowed to do. – Paul Theroux

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Business
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Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldnt say that Im a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels – and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places. – Paul Theroux

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Our ideal is to make her ever stronger and better and finer, because in that way alone, as we believe, can she be of the greatest service to the worlds peace and to the welfare of mankind. – Henry Cabot Lodge

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Im a happy man, because I am successful in what I do, of course but what makes me most happy is I have people around me that I love and who love me back. This, for me, is the most important thing. Nobody likes to be alone. – Novak Djokovic

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I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone, challenging myself to run faster and higher. – Laurieann Gibson

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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening. – J. J. Abrams

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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the womans part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women. – Jack Nicholson

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Art is your personal diary where you may color your thoughts and emotions on a page. – Sara, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999

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When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools. – William Shakespeare, King Lear

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There are only two types of women – goddesses and doormats. – Pablo Picasso

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