P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.
P. J. O'Rourke
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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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Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in this regard.
Vikram Seth
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All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.
Donald Miller
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Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light.
Ernest Hemingway
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It was the month of May, the month when the foliage of herbs and trees is most freshly green, when buds ripened and blossoms appear in their fragrance and loveliness. And the month when lovers, subject to the same force which reawakens the plants, feel their hearts open again, recall past trysts and past vows, and moments of tenderness, and yearn for a renewal of the magical awareness which is love.
Thomas Malory
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Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.
P. J. O'Rourke
