P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

As a result of that, and as a result of friendship, I don't think we've ever been competitive. I mean, there's probably a very good reason Hunter [S. Thompson] isn't jealous of me.

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• Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.

  

  Zach Anner
  • People
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  • Up

• IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.

  

  Jack Dorsey
  • Friends
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• I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.

  

  Adam Michnik
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• Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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• I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.

  

  Larry Holmes
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• If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.

  

  Ed Rendell
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• What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
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• Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.

  

  Wanda Sykes
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• No days off. I'm a workaholic.

  

  Wale
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• I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.

  

  T. J. Miller
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• People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.

  

  Felix Dennis
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• See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

  

  Patricia Clarkson
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• I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.

  

  Dakota Fanning
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• Look, maybe I'm just not good at multi-tasking and am, therefore, jealous of those of you who can get in a workout while yammering on your cell phone, but for the love of all that is good and pure, shut your yap!

  

  Rachel Nichols
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• My parents separated when I was young, and as a result, my father had to learn how to braid our hair on the nights my sisters and I would stay with him. We would arrive to school the next morning with these incredibly endearing lopsided braids he had fashioned. This may have expedited the process of my learning how to braid my own hair.

  

  Hailey Gates
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• A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.

  

  Odeya Rush
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• It's not my job to get really personal in how I express myself. I've met fans, and they've been lovely. But letting my personal life out there, I don't think is a good idea for me. I think the more you do that, the more you can be accused of encouraging that kind of attention.

  

  Laura Donnelly
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  • Job

• 'Castle' isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • God
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  • Castle

• Social entrepreneurs are people who have amazing passion to do good.

  

  Jean-Philippe Courtois
  • People
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• Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible task, and that fiscal-stimulus programs are usually too small, and arrive too late, to make a difference.

  

  James Surowiecki
  • May
  • Small
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• Mars does not belong to 'America,' nor to Earth, nor to human beings.

  

  David Grinspoon
  • America
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• If you just say nothing, there is no way they can make you talk.

  

  Lesley Lawson
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• As a result of that, and as a result of friendship, I don't think we've ever been competitive. I mean, there's probably a very good reason Hunter [S. Thompson] isn't jealous of me.

  

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