P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
The American political system is like fast food - mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things and everybody wants some.
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
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I think with girlfriends, you always want your girlfriends to make the decisions for themselves, not based on a boy, not based on anything other than, 'Is this what you want?' Is this you know what you want to do?' And that's real support to me.
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I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.
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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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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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When we're ill, one of the last things we have that we can enjoy is food.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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The American fans would love to see me fight anybody.
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We do not want to turn our back on Spain. It's the opposite. We are convinced that a relationship between equals will improve our relationship.
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I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.
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I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.
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If you want to start reading Swedish crime fiction, you have to start with Sjowall and Wahloo.
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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I want a brood, you know. I'd like to have a little soccer team and a minivan and all that stuff.
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I had three attorneys dedicated solely to find the statistic of the number of missing Native American women on reservations. Any reservation, not just 'Wind River.' They don't exist. The federal government, which is responsible for the reservations, don't keep those stats.
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Bruce Lee was the first star I idolized. Growing up as a Chinese American, there weren't many people like me on the big screen.
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One of the things that I've been doing over the past few years is reevaluating my own powers of political analysis.
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Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in the rain to hear me sing, I can stand in the rain.
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I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
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Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
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The American political system is like fast food - mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things and everybody wants some.
