P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.

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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
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I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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The interaction between the two matters, but to me, each doesn't really exist independently of the other, so I'm not ever faced with a situation where the tone is wrong for the story, or the story wrong for the tone. They are two parts of one thing.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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I got the chance to do things that I dreamed of when I was a kid: I got to travel around the world; I had my own 'Goosebumps' attraction at Disney World; I've been on TV and had three TV series.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.
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Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white... They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools and dullards and lazy people. And there's nothing they can do about it because they have no power.
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People just want to dig; they want to dance. They don't want to work all through the night, and neither do I. I like getting 'out there,' but communication should be occurring on more levels than heavy-laden philosophical.
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The kids think we're wacky. Mum and Dad are in showbiz - they don't know any other way. They've grown up travelling all over the world and are getting a worldly education. My son is 12 and he can speak eloquently on religions and cultures.
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The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.