P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter.
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I was an English major in college!
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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
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The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end the show on: it was a sort of 'It's a Wonderful Life' with Larry as the Jimmy Stewart character. In that episode, I was an ineffectual-schlep kind of brother, who got divorced three or four times and was a Las Vegas reject.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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It's very scary to me that people actually think we should just follow our leaders. If we can't learn from our history, we're nowhere.
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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
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I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers.
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I've never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn't over yet.
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It's all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.
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'In the fitful light of the dusky hall the newcomer's face suddenly appeared fiery-eyed and menacing, and, glancing at a portrait of Mephistopheles, Rosamond exclaimed, 'Why, you are the very image of Meph-'
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I'd take a bullet for just about anyone! If someone pulled out a gun, I'd step in front of you even though I've never met you.
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The individual begins that long effort as an Outsider; he may finish it as a saint.
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We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter.
