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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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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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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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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The abortion industry can try to improve its 'messaging' all it wants. But unless abortion advocates change their devotion to abortion-on-demand, the only message Americans will receive is that the abortion industry is only really interested in improving its bottom line at the expense of the most defenseless among us.
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My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual.
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I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.
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You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
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I want to write, I want to sing. I want to do the same thing for others, have my music, hopefully do that for others one day, not realizing what I sort of had to climb. I had an idea a little bit, but I think that I underestimated the whole thing.
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Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.
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I wanted to act when I was young. When I was 12, I asked the head of English at my school, 'Can I audition?' and he said, 'What would we want you for?' And I remember going, 'Oh yeah. Why would they want me?'
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'Madden' is the closest thing to actually being on the field yourself. It's so ridiculously realistic. Before I play it, I honestly didn't understand. 'What's all the hype? It's a video game'. Then I sat down and played it, and you feel like you're on the field.
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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.
