P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Whereas Rolling Stone, I just never had anything to do with them. I'd stop by the office maybe twice a year.
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I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
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I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!
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I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day's work could make a decent living. That's just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I wish I were kind of normal. It would be so much more simple.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
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When you have a young man, I mean, questioning the power in place for love of his country, not to say 'stop' but to say 'be careful about the abuse of technology,' I think it deserves to be promoted.
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Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.
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Making a movie with people of all different ethnicity, all different skin color and different backgrounds, meant that the movie can literally play all around the world. It's not just a blanket whitewash film like most Hollywood films tend to be.
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Yet still there whispers the small voice within, Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din; Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man's conscience is the oracle of God.
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Whereas Rolling Stone, I just never had anything to do with them. I'd stop by the office maybe twice a year.
