P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.'
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To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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Whenever someone says to my mum: 'How's your son doing?' she says: 'Which one?' If you're a parent, you're not going to go: 'Oh I'll concentrate on the famous one.'
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I'm prairie-dwelling, pro-union, pro-health care, and pro-education.
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For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.
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Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.
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The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.
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If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.'
