P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I had to have shoulder reconstruction.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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My favorite wrestler growing up was Dean Malenko. He was a very technical wrestler, and when I trained with Shawn Michaels, he wasn't that kind of a technical wrestler. So, when I finally met Regal in 2001, he was that kind of a wrestler, and all of a sudden, I could ask him things, and he would know what I was talking about and how to do it.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties, but I never do that. I'm not really human.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.
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Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.
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As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.
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Boston is a tough and resilient town. So are its people. I'm supremely confident that Bostonians will pull together, take care of each other, and move forward as one proud city. And as they do, the American people will be with them every single step of the way.
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Harvard is the home of American ideas.
