P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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When Occupy Wall Street happened, I took my money out of Citibank. I already had problems with all the banks - Citibank, Bank of America - but I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out until I saw how Citibank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I always played to win.
Hansie Cronje -
People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
Vera Wang -
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
Baltasar Gracian -
For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
Pam Brown -
I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
Laura Wasser
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I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.
Aaron Rodgers -
I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
Maika Monroe -
Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
Karan Mahajan -
Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
Carl Spitteler -
Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.
Rachel Platten
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I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.
Dan O'Brien -
Let's make math fun and sexy and glamorous. Smart is sexy, that's one of my main messages.
Danica McKellar -
It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
Karisma Kapoor -
In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
Patrick White -
I don't eat any red meat.
Taylor Momsen -
I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about … I've slept with girls; I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives.
Amanda Palmer
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My life hasn't changed that much. Sure, people recognize me, and airports can get tough, but the people who stop me tend to be real nice.
Jimmy Smits -
You have to stop living in order to write.
Martha Gellhorn -
My own view on capital punishment is that it is morally justified, but that the government is often so inept and corrupt that innocent people might die as a result. Thus, I personally oppose capital punishment.
Ed Crane -
I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin -
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke