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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The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnsons on the main drag into maturity. – Paul Theroux

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I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying Ill get it right one day. – Richard Pryor

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If I were running to be somebody, there are a lot of easier sombodies to be. After all, running against the incumbent governor of your own party in your home state is not the next logical step in a political life. – Marco Rubio

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At every party there are two kinds of people – those who want to go home and those who dont. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other. – Ann Landers

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