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Quote by Paul Theroux
If youre a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers

If youre a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really dont like other people. Im not like that, I dont think. – Paul Theroux

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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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Tourists dont know where theyve been, travelers dont know where theyre going. – 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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I was gutted to leave my boyfriend at home when I started my tour, but taking my pillow was like taking a little bit of him with me. – Amy Winehouse

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All things on earth point home in old October sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken. – Thomas Wolfe

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If your neighbors think youre a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck. – Jeff Foxworthy

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The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. Theres just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parents voice to resonate in the childrens ears. – Phil McGraw

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I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And its hard to express and its hard to execute but I think it works on every level – the choice of the material the choice of the actor, my relationship with the actor, and so on. – Michel Gondry

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