P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too.
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I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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I look formidable.
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Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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I guess music is very global.
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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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On 'Chatroom,' everyone was so nice, and we had a really great time together; we were around the same age and got on really well.
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The State of Israel is a national home for the entire Jewish people and it is clear to me that there is no dispute between any party or Zionist movement, while the nation-state law was originally intended to reinforce this principle, the most recent amendments to it are of great concern because they drive a wedge between Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora.
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Much as I wish it were not so, we do live in a dangerous world. It has, in fact, always been this way. Our earliest ancestors had to worry about predators, natural disasters, disease, and - unique among our species - attacks by other people.
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It's not uncommon for people to overvalue the importance of demonstrating their competence and power, often at the expense of demonstrating their warmth.
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I hold that all the evil we know on earth finds in this violence done to love its true and legitimate birth.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
