P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort.
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I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
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Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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Mumbai is like Manhattan. There's a certain pace, a social life and the thrill of a professional life.
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In the old days, variety turns like me learned how to cope with failure - we all had nights when we 'died' on stage - but today's youngsters simply don't have that experience. For them, it really is instant make or break time - hence, all the tears and, hence, all the potential emotional damage.
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I don't think perfect is interesting. I think what makes life exciting is the imperfections.
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People who bet against the Internet, who think that somehow this change is just a generational shift, miss that it is a fundamental reorganizing of the power of the end user. The Internet brings tremendous tools to the end user, and that end user is going to use them.
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To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.
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We don't want to think about money in an ideal life; in a well-lived life, money wouldn't be one of our primary concerns, and we prefer to adopt the ostrich position.
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People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation.
