P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up.

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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.
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Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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While I have the greatest respect for the Supreme Court's members, I cannot claim familiarity with any particular judicial philosophies the justices might possess.
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I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.
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The only thing I regret in life is that I didn't practice basketball more.
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I never envisioned when I was reading that comic as a 17-year-old that I would have the opportunity to actually play the character.
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My PSA was normal but the DRE indicated there may be a problem.
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Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a 'genius'.
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What joy the gospel gives me! I can approach the throne of God with confidence-not because I've done a good job at my spiritual duties, but because I'm clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
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Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.
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Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.
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I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up.