P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
When I became a man, I put away childish things and got more elaborate and expensive childish things from France and Japan.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I don't have time to sit up and write songs all day. Maybe one day when my kids get older.
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I just want to do my job.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I like buying iTunes. It's instant.
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America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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I don't think I've ever seen pie advertised. That's how you know it's good. They advertise ice cream and other desserts. They advertise the bejeezus out of yogurt, but I haven't seen one pie commercial.
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In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
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I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be.
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The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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Bitcoin as a globally distributed public ledger - that's the thing I'm most excited about going forward. Thinking about how to use Bitcoin in new and innovative ways. In the meantime, we have the boring uses of Bitcoin that are in the process of going mainstream.
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I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it. That's if I'm in the mood – sometimes I get superbummed.
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Cuando busco mi existencia, no la busco en mí.
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Our people are angry and motivated, and they continue to believe that politicians should not be involved in a decision that's between a woman, her family and God.
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The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.
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When I became a man, I put away childish things and got more elaborate and expensive childish things from France and Japan.
