P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
The minute somebody joins a committee... they immediately suffer from committee brain. They become wildly over-enthusiastic, over-optimistic, over-pessimistic. Committees turn people into idiots, and politics is a committee.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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Bitcoin is both disruptive from a technology perspective, but there's a tremendous power of social good behind it. So you can both build a cool business or have a great investment return, and there's the promise of potentially improving the remittance industry or banking the unbanked.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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It's come to the point where you have people saying it's our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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The word 'operatic' is often misused to mean over the top, where someone is over-emoting. And that does a terrible disservice because 'operatic' to me means a commitment and a belief to the emotion of the moment that is sincere.
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I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.
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I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.
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Miramax wanted the buzz to spread, but slowly, so people would be clamoring for it, ... Chicago.
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I left 'How I Met Your Mother' and jumped right onto an episode of 'S.H.I.E.L.D.,' the TV show. I wrapped, and the next day I was on set shooting 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'
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The minute somebody joins a committee... they immediately suffer from committee brain. They become wildly over-enthusiastic, over-optimistic, over-pessimistic. Committees turn people into idiots, and politics is a committee.
