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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I'll risk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras county.
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My dad's always been a famous actor, so I've grown up with that, and with the lifestyle. In a way, I think I thrive on the insecurity that comes with it. Not in my private life - I like to believe that my friendships and my relationships are strong.
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Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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I can go and fight, take one punch, and have a concussion and start having issues with it, or I can wrestle my entire career and never have a concussion. It's just a hazard of the business.
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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.
