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It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do how to do it when to do it how to feel about it and how to look how you feel about it.
When I started writing I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it.
Quotes By Paul Theroux
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Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel...
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A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere travels on the ground...
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Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.
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The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.
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Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation and travel so...
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Tourists don't know where they've been travelers don't know where they're...
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When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central...
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The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.
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The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I...
Quotes About Dad
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To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends and now I'm...
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My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor...
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Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I...
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I have mostly been terrified of listening to scary stories around a campfire....
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You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave...
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I lost my mother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and we had to...
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My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They...
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I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of...
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My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology...
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My dad like many Southern men is this very emotionally expressive person...