P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
I arrived in the middle of a press conference - as boring a thing to sit through if you don't know the language as it is if you do.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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I've noticed that, with many of the authors I like, I tend to think I would dislike them as human beings or that there'd be a healthy amount of debate if I ever did meet them.
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I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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I am not a dumb animal to be browbeaten, cowed, lashed, coerced or goaded into anything I do not think is right.
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Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body.
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.
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To Time it never seems that he is brave To set himself against the peaks of snow To lay them level with the running wave, Nor is he overjoyed when they lie low, But only grave, contemplative and grave.
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So, are you just going to stand there looking like a piece of furniture?
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I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal: high enough so you can look up her dress.
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I arrived in the middle of a press conference - as boring a thing to sit through if you don't know the language as it is if you do.
