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'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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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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Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and gets cross with them if they do because she doesn't want that in her head. She's going where she's going, and that's where she wants to go.
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Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side.
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I believe, for a long time, protracted wars test the will of any democracy, to be sure, and people will underwrite a protracted war if they see some progress. But if they don't see progress, and it appears to be futile and useless, then that political support begins to evaporate rather quickly.
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I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.
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We've gone too far in thinking we can re-create an American democratic paradise in the Middle East.
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As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.
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I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final.
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Live in such a way that people who know you but don't know Christ will want to know Christ because of you.
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People complain that cities don't have fresh, sustainable food, but it's just not true.
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I don't think people spend nearly enough time thinking about what they like and what they're good at.
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Immortality Device has been tested and researched by medical researchers all over the world from time to time. They email me and told me what they found. I post their results sometimes on my site.
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If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.
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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.
