P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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Capitalism is war; socialism is peace.
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What did Donald Trump say about John McCain?
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Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.
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As the possibilities for straightforward photography seem to have become exhausted it has been the photographers who know about the history of art, not simply the history of photography, who have shaped important directions for the future.
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If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
