Quote by Paul Theroux
When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in

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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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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Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind. – Paul Theroux

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This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. – Peace Pilgrim

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Peace should provide security. It should be durable. Im ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and thats the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time. – Ariel Sharon

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The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order… between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace. – Arthur Henderson

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