P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic and sensitive. By 'artistic and sensitive' I mean short, skinny, unkissed, bad at sports, and carrying a C average in high school.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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I can't understand why someone wouldn't have a degree of sympathy for people that had to flee their country, travel to try and find their home somewhere, and nobody wants them. How could you not be a little bit sympathetic?
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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When I was growing up in the '60s I would have thought that westerns would last forever.
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News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.
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Even the toughest people have a backstory, and villains don't feel like they're the bad guys.
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When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic and sensitive. By 'artistic and sensitive' I mean short, skinny, unkissed, bad at sports, and carrying a C average in high school.
