P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself.
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Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.
Zig Ziglar
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Being a club pro and all, a guy trying to keep up with golf's modern technology, I hadn't found much time for Internet dating, but then one day I knew I'd met the girl of my dreams when she replied to a comment I'd made on You-and-Me.com. She said, 'I love it when you talk equipment to me.'
Dan Jenkins
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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
Hans Blix
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
E. T. Bell
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
Patricia Richardson
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
Yves Chauvin
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
Bebe Neuwirth
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I love my headscarf. I wear my head wrap every day with my hoop earrings.
Yuna
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I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in.
Dan Fogelman
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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Baltasar Gracian
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The performance of international institutions will be symptomatic of the domestic political priorities of influential member states. International institutions don't really have a life and a mind of their own.
Samantha Power
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
Gail Carson Levine
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I was considered an ugly duckling.
Eartha Kitt
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
Hamid Karzai
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How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.'
Parker Palmer
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On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.
Patrick J. Kennedy
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
Ingrid Newkirk
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
Ingrid Betancourt
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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
Iggy Azalea
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
Oded Fehr
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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
Barry Sonnenfeld
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I used to say that I didn't want anything to do with e-mail. It seemed really impersonal, complicated and weird. I had no idea what an amazing way it is to reach people.
B. D. Wong
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There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself.
P. J. O'Rourke