P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.

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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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A lot of comedians do bits where they say, 'I was listening to this song, and this person said this, and you know how they say that?' And I thought it would work better if I actually had a DJ put that song lyric right there. It makes it more dynamic, and it's more energetic.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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I think I'm a very intuitive actress.
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I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write about things that I am living or experiencing.
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Dedication to quality, community, and originality without exception.
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What pleases us is that people are realising that punishment is inevitable for those who don't respect the law.
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Certainly there's a huge appeal to the '60s, because it was such a big turning point to everyone. It was the era of change, the boiling point. People rebelled against things - the hippies, the feminists, the protesters. All these things just built up and boiled over. I think people can relate to that today.
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In social media, people cannot build big followings organically unless what they are putting out to the world has value.
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People have to know that if they've wanted to lose weight, if they've wanted to get their diabetes better and get their cholesterol down, here is how it works. Beyond that point, you can't force people into changes, you have to guide them.
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People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.