P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring.
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
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I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully.
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To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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"You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you." So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky?
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As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if they were not based on mutual benefit or if they failed to deliver great benefits to the United States.
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Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.
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I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.
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There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring.
