P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because you have a job and/or insurance and can pay the hospital. and another bill, which is tacked onto your bill, to cover the medical expenses of someone who doesn't have a job and/or insurance and can't pay the hospital.
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One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
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I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'
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I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
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I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
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My own personal goal is I just hope to still write songs and kind of let that sustain me as a job. If I could never have a 9-to-5 job, and making a living doing this, it'd just be incredible.
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I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into 'The Daily Show' than the policy briefings.
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Hosting is a thankless job.
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I don't have a job, so I sit in the studio all the time and think of stupid stuff to do.
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Do men drop out of college because they get someone pregnant? Do they quit their job if they get someone pregnant? No. And we do not require men to support women they have made pregnant. Once the baby is born, there can be child support. Before that, though, no.
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Puerto Rico is beautiful. I mean, I love it. But it's hard to film here. It's hard to film an action movie here where you're outside, and you're running around all day.
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The nonconformist here may be "beat down" by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
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Manmohan Singh is a wise, wonderful man.
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The Republican Party once could lay claim to the mantle of being the fiscally responsible, or 'Daddy,' Party.
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When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because you have a job and/or insurance and can pay the hospital. and another bill, which is tacked onto your bill, to cover the medical expenses of someone who doesn't have a job and/or insurance and can't pay the hospital.
