P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.
P. J. O'Rourke
Quotes to Explore
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Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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We are like petri dishes, where we can innovate, but we want to do it carefully and thoughtfully.
Kate Brown
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My favorite thing of all time is a New York City weekend when there's a blizzard. Everything gets really quiet, and everyone goes to the movies and the park.
Idina Menzel
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Unfortunately, the more chaotic the society, the greater is the desire for conservative, nonconfrontational art.
Kate Braverman
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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
Oprah Winfrey
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What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
Barack Obama
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Blessed is he who invented recording! But what a pity that he was not born centuries earlier! Think only of all that we would be able to hear and therefore understand better. Oh, the unending research in libraries and museums, the readings and collations of texts, the maddening desire to know the truth!
Wanda Landowska
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I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
Irvin Mayfield
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
J. K. Simmons
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I don't like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, 'Blah blah blah movies.' I find it incredibly boring.
Zooey Deschanel
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I'm not exactly sure how many kids I have, but yes, I do miss them officially, for the record. In case any of them are listening, I love you.
Tré Cool
Green Day
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There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.
P. J. O'Rourke