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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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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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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The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know how to do them properly.
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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 feel like if they want us to dress a certain way, they should pay for our clothes. It's just tough, man, knowing that all of a sudden you have to have a dress code out of nowhere. I don't think that's going to help the image of the league at all. ... It kind of makes it fake. The whole thing is fake.
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People see you on television, and they think you make the same amount of money that Clint Eastwood does. But this is PBS. All these shows are done for free.
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Entitlement is just the grossest kind of human behavior.
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I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.
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People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.
