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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I think that when we look out with our underfunded liabilities and our national debt over $14 trillion, I think if we are part of that movement to get our government spending under control, I think that would be a tremendous legacy to leave.
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The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income.
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I like 'Reanimator,' and I like 'Evil Dead 2.' But I really like the Corman movies from the late '60s and early '70s, and my favorite is 'The Mask of Red Death' with Vincent Price because - spoiler alert - but at the end of the movie, Vincent Price, he's the evil prince, and to kill him, his court just, like, dances at him.
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The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. This demands the dismantling of white supremacist beliefs, and the structures which uphold them, in every area of African life. It must be stressed, however, that decolonisation does not mean ignorance of foreign traditions; it simply means denial of their authority and withdrawal of allegiance from them.
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A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
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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.
