P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Conformity is dangerous.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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For me, if I'm just killing time, I play solitaire. I'm also guilty of playing Snood. I like games where I can shoot balls and match colors.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.
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Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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When you have no money in New York, you're living in a shoebox, and it's freezing. When you have no money in L.A., you're living in a slightly larger shoebox, and you can go outside and feel okay about your life for a minute.
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Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
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I have worked in a very close and cordial way with Norwegian representatives at many international meetings, and the pleasure I felt at those associations was equaled only by the profit I always secured from them.
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How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?
