P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this.
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Learn from your dreams what you lack.
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I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
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In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.
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'Inside Out' - that was a really good movie. That's the first animated movie I saw since 'The Lego Movie.'
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I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter in a word in a sentence on a page in a book in a library in a city in one country in this enormous universe! And that kind of fear and insignificance has kept me awake at night.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
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You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.
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I grew up taking care of the pigs. I love this country that, you know, somebody can do something like that.
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If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country.
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My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.
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Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?
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I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.
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I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
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Even the most beautiful legs - Marlene Dietrich's, for instance - look better when the kneecap is covered.
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For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it's about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the people's rights and dignity.
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I was on some TV shows with Lady Gaga the other week, and you could see the difference in reaction between her fans and my fans outside. She comes out, and she looks like a star, and the reaction is just tears, crying, people going, 'Oh my God, Oh my God.' My fans are like: 'Alright, Ed.'
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We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this.
