P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
P. J. O'Rourke
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
Kage Baker
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
Karl Kraus
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
Namie Amuro
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
Walter Salles
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
Jack Benny
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
Gabriela Sabatini
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Can we ignore what is going on around us, can we disconnect ourselves, our own material situation, our spiritual selves, who we are, can we disconnect that from history and the social context of our lives? The older I get, the more I'm convinced that we cannot, that we are social creatures.
Martin Donovan
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May everyone live, And may everyone die. Hello, my love, And my love, Goodbye.
Leonard Cohen
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I like to add something unusual to a dish.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Therefore, since the world has stillMuch good, but much less good than ill,And while the sun and moon endureLuck’s a chance, but trouble’s sureI’d face it as a wise man would,And train for ill and not for good.
A. E. Housman
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
P. J. O'Rourke
