P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.
Quotes to Explore
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I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
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Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Build a rocket ship and leave the earth!
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The money's always been on the table. We could have took that money any time we wanted - every year, two, three times a year we've had offers, all the way down the line.
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The whole of experience is like a cryptograph, and philosophy is like the deciphering of it.
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It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.
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My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.
