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The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested i

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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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 started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as Ive gone on. I certainly dont feel I need his approval, although maybe thats because Im confident that Ive got it. – 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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My philosophy is: Its none of my business what people say of me and think of me. – Anthony Hopkins

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Executives are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an executive away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them. – Jean Baudrillard

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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. – Henry Ward Beecher

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I will never do another TV series. It couldnt top I Love Lucy, and Id be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off. – Lucille Ball

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Look, I think Hispanic community – the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. – Ted Cruz

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It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Denniss relationship could not sustain. – Meg Ryan

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If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration. – Mario Monti

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