P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
The car provided Americans with an enviable standard of living. You could not get a steady job with high wages and health and retirement benefits working on the General Livestock Corporation assembly line putting udders on cows.
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No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
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I really loved making 'Love, Nina.' I was in every scene, which was amazing. Bloody hell, what a job!
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In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services.
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I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore.
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Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans.
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If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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I feel alive, fit and active. I have no plans for retirement. My only concession to getting a little older is that I like to have a cat-nap in the afternoon. After that, I can push on through anything.
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I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
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A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.
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Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.
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I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack.
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I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage.
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I am the first one to go to university in my family. I am the first writer as well. My dad is a retired policeman, and my mom works for a glass-processing company. She is health-and-safety manager, and my stepfather is a plumber. I have four half siblings, one from my mom's marriage and three from my dad's marriage, so we are kind of scattered.
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My focus has been and will continue to be on doing my job.
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I have always loved clothes, and the opportunity to design my own line could not be missed. It's a dream job.
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When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
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Curiously enough he found in senior year that he had acquired a position in his class. He learned that he was looked upon as a rather romantic figure, a scholar, a recluse, a tower of erudition. This amused him but secretly pleased him - he began going out, at first a little and then a great deal.
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Prayer is the link that connects us with God.
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Madrid is what I call home, but also the States.
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The car provided Americans with an enviable standard of living. You could not get a steady job with high wages and health and retirement benefits working on the General Livestock Corporation assembly line putting udders on cows.
