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.
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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.'
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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.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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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.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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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.
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I love my headscarf. I wear my head wrap every day with my hoop earrings.
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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.
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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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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.
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
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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.'
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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.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.
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There's no such thing as 'too much TV,' unless we're all spending more and not watching more.
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During those formative times, I really didn't know what was going on, and I was sort of torn in a thousand different directions with how I felt about what I was doing.
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When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.
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Every shrink knows that it's not the event itself but how you respond to it that tells the story. Take ten assorted individuals, expose them all to the same life trial, and they will each suffuse it with exquisite personal detail and meaning.
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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.
