P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
If the wind is blowing like stink and everything is working right, a twelve-meter sailboat can go eleven and a half or twelve miles an hour, the same speed at which a bond lawyer runs around the Cental Park Reservoir.
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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When I do retire, I will miss the trips with the team, the jokes with my teammates, the habits: having breakfast with them, playing with them, all the little things.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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During the decade following the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA, the problem of translation - namely, how genetic information is used to synthesize proteins - was a central topic in molecular biology.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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I have always put my own money into Tails of Joy. For years, every time a dog walked by, my husband would say, 'There goes our beach house.'
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
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I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
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There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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If the wind is blowing like stink and everything is working right, a twelve-meter sailboat can go eleven and a half or twelve miles an hour, the same speed at which a bond lawyer runs around the Cental Park Reservoir.
