P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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I just heard the latest joke about my hair: 'Do you know what that is on her head? It's a steering wheel to drive the state.'
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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Diversity is not one in the room. Diversity is not two in the room. Diversity is not three in the room. True diversity is half the room.
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The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so that makes Google my best friend.
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Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.
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People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.
