P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.
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So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
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In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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I do watch a lot of YouTube.
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I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library, you see other books around on the shelves that you never knew existed. You can flip through a book and see the whole outline of it.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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There's the wonder of being able to do research from your own living room, of course. I do find that my biggest research issue, though, is how to frame my questions.
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Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself.
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Before I go on stage I pretend that everyone loves me.
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War is the normal state of the people.
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We are fighting a major internal war against terrorism in Northern Ireland, and need more troops in order to win it.
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That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack.
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
