P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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To be is to do.
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I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.
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Why go for a costly, sickly, mass-produced purebred when shelters are full of one-of-a-kind mixed breeds who are literally dying for a home?
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
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Passive violence can be as simple as someone honking their horn at you for not turning fast enough when the light changes. And it can be highly complex, like when your co-worker undermines all of your work relationships by spreading rumors and lies about you. That's how passive violence rolls.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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I love romantic comedies, or romantic dramas - basically anything with love in it.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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I have lots and lots of party clothes. I mean real party clothes.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
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As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.
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Something that confirms all fears and many conspiracy theories about government is finding out what our elected representatives would put into law if they could.
