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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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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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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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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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. – Herodotus

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I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool! – Muammar al-Gaddafi

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Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I dont know if I would wish for world peace. – Brendan Fraser

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There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely. – Ugo Betti

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