P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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We're trying to always expand Smosh and make Smosh a big thing.
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We live in a digital world, but we're fairly analog creatures.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and make sure that you surround yourself with good people, especially if you're a woman. You've got to find a team that takes you seriously as a female fighter and is not going to rush you into the ring before you're ready.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
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I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock.
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I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
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My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.
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I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.
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Light Light The visible reminder of Invisible Light.
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I have one rule when adapting any text: nothing gets added; all the words are the original author's own. But in the ordering and recreation of the story, I can do as I please, and to me, the heart and the point of 'Dracula' is appetite.
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I think we all do have a guardian angel. I believe they work through us all the time, when we are thoughtful and good and kind to each other.
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It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
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Steve Jobs was never going to let Flash on any Apple product again like that after in 1997 - he's got a long memory - they said no and Bill Gates said yes.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
