P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Advocating the expansion of the powers of the state is treason to mankind, goddamnit!
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Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.
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The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.
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All mankind love a lover.
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Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
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We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.
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I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
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Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.
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I love my dad, and I'm proud to be his daughter.
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I got into writing music when I was, like, 14 or 15. It was a very private thing for me because I used it as an outlet and emotional release. I kept it very close to myself and didn't tell too many people about it.
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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
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I do not believe in a God who maliciously or arbitrarily interferes in the personal affairs of mankind. My religion consists of an humble admiration for the vast power which manifests itself in that small part of the universe which our poor, weak minds can grasp!
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A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels.
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Like most people, I have a dark side, but because of roles I played early on, people tend not to guess that.
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You know, even though I feel that I can still play the game, God has made the answer clear to me. Retirement is now. I have to retire as a Green Bay Packer.
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I want nothing to do with privilege.
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Jesus said, 'Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's,' and part of that was to go to war, protecting whatever nation was under control of the king. I wouldn't agree with any interpretation of Scripture that was used to say that a man or a woman shouldn't protect their families.
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The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
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Ever since mankind stopped wandering around aimlessly and started cultivating its own food, society has been growing more complex. As soon as we stopped sleeping with our cousins and built walls, temples and a few decent nightclubs, society became too complex for any one person to grasp all at once, and thus bureaucracy was born.
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When I was a senior, I got accepted into the Julliard School for Dance, but ultimately decided to move to L.A. to act, so that was a fun conversation with the parents. I truly have some of the greatest parents ever.
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You have to accept your fate; do it without bitterness and stay humble.
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Advocating the expansion of the powers of the state is treason to mankind, goddamnit!
