P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'
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I've always enjoyed poor health.
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Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I like being unconventional.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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The two things that hit you when you meet someone are, first, how they're visually put together and then, what they tell you with the tone of their voice - whether or not they're to be taken seriously.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I would say that I am a jaded man beyond most expectations, but, like everyone else, I still have hope.
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In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'
