P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England and everybody would be out of work... Bicycles are too slow and impuissant for a nation like ours. They belong in Czechoslovakia.
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I'm from a very close-knit family, and there was something very... I guess you could say normal, about it, and I so appreciate that. We all ate dinner together every single night, and my mom stayed at home with us. I owe a lot to my parents.
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I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
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Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
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The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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A small pay discrepancy between men's and women's salaries for the same job may seem inconsequential. But over the years, salary discrimination adds up to a significantly smaller pension.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I don't think limits.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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I've never seen anything so abhorrent in my life as Harry Reid. He's an equal opportunity basher. He goes after everybody, and I think it has been so, frankly, disgusting.
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Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
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The words we spoke and our entire punk performance aimed to express our disapproval of a specific political event: the patriarchs' support of Vladimir Putin, who has taken an authoritarian and anti-feminist course.
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As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.
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Late style gets simpler and shorter, and here, I'm getting more abundant as I get older!
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We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England and everybody would be out of work... Bicycles are too slow and impuissant for a nation like ours. They belong in Czechoslovakia.
