P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.
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Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure.
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The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood.
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Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.
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We can reorient our products and business strategy because we are an agile organisation.
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But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.
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I really wanted to work and become independent.
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The idea that I should become president seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my head, nor is it likely to enter the head of any other person.
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I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy.
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I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.
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But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations.
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When all else fails, read the instructions.
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It's not that my wife doesn't allow me certain indulgences, such as threesomes on set and an occasional gratuitous blow job on a night out, but my marriage is pretty normal.
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There were momentary visitations. I was a visitor, not an inhabitant. I think I say that at the beginning of the book: "I have made visits to the earth in my body, but it's always been as a visitor."
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You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more.
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We did not become libertarians because we are altruists.
