P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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This love is silent.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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I had this maroon 'Lion King' tracksuit that my mum couldn't take off me. I wore it until the sleeves ended at my elbows and the trousers ended at my knees.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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I made myself a little angry before beam. That's the best way to do beam. It's important to fuel yourself with some devastating things, but I also realized that if I daydream about doing well and having this silver medal, it's more motivating than focusing on the negatives. So I learned to focus on the positive.
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Billy Wilder once told me, 'Make 'em personal,' ... 'But make 'em for the people.'
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The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!
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When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.
