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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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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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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Travel works best when youre forced to come to terms with the place youre in. – Paul Theroux

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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and theres a certain feeling when youre sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and its just pure escapism and theyre happy. – Gabrielle Union

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When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the homes potential for positive influence. – Stephen Covey

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You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there. – Casare Pavese

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I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didnt feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went. – Ricky Williams

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