P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Arguing, in the sense of attempting to convince others, has gone out of fashion with conservatives.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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Delaying and withholding tactics, red herrings, partial and doubtful outcomes are stock in trade for fiction writers, especially crime writers.
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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I was intentionally curbing the impulse to be funny and hiding the ability. I wrote any number of very serious attempts at poems, short stories, novels - horrible. At a certain point, I recognized that it was fun to write dialogue that had a degree of lightness and humor.
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My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.
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A good leader must be fair.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
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There's room for role models who make mistakes.
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I can't believe some of the things I did.Can't believe it. Sayin' I was the greatest and the beautifulist and I was gonna whup this guy and that guy, sayin' I'm pretty, I can't be beat.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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Some growths can be detected early, making for increased accuracy in diagnosis. Some can be cured and others controlled.
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Fashion responds to the economic climate by providing a way to lift a woman's spirits.
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The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions and extensions of the franchise, their effect being to place the principal power in the hands of classes more and more below the highest level of instruction in the community.
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Arguing, in the sense of attempting to convince others, has gone out of fashion with conservatives.
