P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
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Because I'm a big guy, I was always playing the bad guy or whatever, but after I did 'The Blind Side,' where I played a father who's a really loving, likeable sort of person, a lot of those barriers were broken down. People saw me as something softer, not so much as a heavy anymore.
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I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.
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For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world.
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People have to evolve.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that.
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I was always very focused on how people dressed.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.
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After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.
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People have more dimensions to them than we give them credit for. The person you meet on the street that you think is someone, and it's someone else. I'm mistaken for someone else all the time.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.
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The whole thing for me is that I did 'Full House' and 'America's Funniest Home Videos,' and I look like a dentist, and I'm a dad. Being known as a dirty comedian turned into this weird thing. It's people's image of me.
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People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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My parents had a difficult divorce. My dad had to take a backseat for a few years, and my grandfather came in. He was also my inspiration for becoming an actor. I really respected him.
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I have faith in the people. Honesty will prosper.
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The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
