P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.
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It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.
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I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australia. Kalgoorlie was a gold rush town which sprang up in the desert after the Irishman Paddy Hannan struck gold there in 1892.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.
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And also I assert our interest in respecting all our obligations and implementing all our commitments. And will save no effort whatever to protect this newborn opportunity of peace, that is provided through what we have already declared here today.
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I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
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I'm not a top-five player yet. Maybe I'm close to it, but I still have to work on some aspects. You can only be part of that group if you are decisive in the top games.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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I also take vitamins because I think when you take care of yourself on the inside it makes a big difference in your skin.
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The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.'
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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
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So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.
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You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.
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Even if you've gone easy on the vermouth, there are still serious downsides to alcohol consumption, including but not limited to the sense that you're a good dancer.
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I'm a real people-pleaser.
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When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?
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Surviving, that's all. That's all I have in mind .
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It's important I surround myself with people who make me happy.
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Marriage is a long, dull meal with dessert served at the beginning.
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I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.
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Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.
