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Luxury is the enemy of observ...

Luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world.

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When I'm writing, I like to t...

When I'm writing, I like to travel alone. If you really want to find out about a place, you need to be as free as possible to be spontaneous. You also need to be lonely, because loneliness is a great teacher, too.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

In countries where all the cr...

In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

One of the cardinal principle...

One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

It is almost axiomatic that t...

It is almost axiomatic that the worst trains take you through magical places.

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It is fatal to know too much ...

It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist who is over certain of his plot.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

No one has ever described the...

No one has ever described the place where I have just arrived: this is the emotion that makes me want to travel. It is one of the greatest reasons to go anywhere.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

Pain does not create a long-l...

Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

Most travel, and certainly th...

Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and trusting them with your life.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

All travel is circular. I had...

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

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... Oceanic malaise. I never ...

... Oceanic malaise. I never saw anyone reading anything more demanding than a comic book. I never heard any youth express an interest in science or art. No one even talked politics. It was all idleness, and whenever I asked someone a question, no matter how simple, no matter how well the person spoke English, there was always a long pause before I got a reply, and I found these Pacific pauses maddening. And there was giggling but no humor - no wit. It was just foolery.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

"Connected" is the triumphal ...

"Connected" is the triumphal cry these days. Connection has made people arrogant, impatient, hasty, and presumptuous... I don't doubt that instant communication has been good for business, even for the publishing business, but it has done nothing for literature, and might even have harmed it. In many ways connection has been disastrous. We have confused information (of which there is too much) with ideas (of which there are too few). I found out much more about the world and myself by being unconnected.

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

The man who is tired of Londo...

The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space

Paul Theroux 202 quotes

You go away for a long time a...

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

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Travel is a vanishing act, a ...

Travel is a vanishing act, a solitary trip down a pinched line of geography to oblivion.

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Fiction gives us a second cha...

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

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The measure of civilized beha...

The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.

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Although I'm not fluent in si...

Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.

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It's not fashionable but I li...

It's not fashionable but I like to spit out of the window of a moving train.

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In a way, Che Guevara's fate ...

In a way, Che Guevara's fate was far worse than Simon Bolivar's. Guevara's collapse was complete: his intentions were forgotten, but his style was taken up by boutique owners (one of the fanciest clothes stores in London is called Che Guevara). There is no faster way of destroying a man or mocking his ideas than making him fashionable. That Che succeeded in influencing dress-designers was part of his tragedy.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....