P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
There are lots of levels of fear and complaint about the government getting involved in business. First and foremost, of course, is incompetence.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Salesmen always need something to sell.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.
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One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.
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I write by stealing time. The hours in the day have never felt as if they belonged to me. The greatest number has belonged to my day job as a physician and professor of medicine - eight to 12 hours, and even more in the early days.
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It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.
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Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget.
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That which distinguishes the new thought from the old is not a denial of this Divine Reality, but an affirmation of its immediate availability.
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No one can be a true Muslim and a true American simultaneously.
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High-quality public education - combined with other appropriate support, as needed - is the best way to achieve the Oregon Business Plan's goal of reducing the number of people living in poverty.
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There are lots of levels of fear and complaint about the government getting involved in business. First and foremost, of course, is incompetence.
