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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If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
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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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I believe people should live full lives and not settle for anything less.
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I try to not focus on what people expect from me.
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The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
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Back when we started, people didn't even know what a submarine sandwich was. The product was only sold in a few markets.
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It was like fighting a billy-goat, butt and run. I was saved by the jab. No jab and we would have lost it.
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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.
