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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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The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriates career. He can either forget it, or capitalize on it. Most choose the latter. – Paul Theroux

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Exile
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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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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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Travel
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Come to West Virginia and well show you how to live… how to treat people. Were open for business. West Virginia is truly on the move. – Joe Manchin

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Business

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner. – Walt Disney

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Business

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital. – Honore de Balzac

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Business

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance. – Abraham Lincoln

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Business

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When friends tell you how awesome you look, drop the “I still have more to go” crap. You worked hard and you deserve the compliment! – Jillian Michaels

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Dreams grow holy put in action. – Adelaide Anne Procter

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Dreams

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light. – Earl Nightingale

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Light

Other nations of different habits are not enemies: they are godsends. Men require of their neighbours something sufficiently akin to be understood, something sufficiently different to provoke attention, and something great enough to command admiration. We must not expect, however, all the virtues. – Alfred North Whitehead