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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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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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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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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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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When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
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There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.
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I had a very rainbow-colored childhood.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.
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I've never given a damn. A seven-foot man who dresses as a woman as a job is not interested in what other people think.
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Fear isn't in my vocabulary.
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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.
