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My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.

Paul Theroux

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Paul Theroux
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 10
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Medford
Massachusetts
Paul Edward Theroux
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House
Place
Many
Years
Improving
Spent
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