P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
The most brilliant satire of all time was 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift. You'll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out.P. J. O'Rourke
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
Katee Sackhoff -
Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
Vera Wang -
Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
L. Ron Hubbard -
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 -
Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
Zig Ziglar -
I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
Tavi Gevinson
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I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
FKA twigs -
There is, and there will be, an increasing demand for a principled global security provider, for a superpower that believes in multilateralism and cooperation.
Federica Mogherini -
I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
Gale Anne Hurd -
Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
Rachael Harris -
Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
Calvin Klein -
Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
Walt Disney
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
Adam Braun -
I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.
Samuel L. Jackson -
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
Barbara Bush -
'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
Gavin Hood -
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Washington Irving -
What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
Kate Millett
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
Rafael Cruz -
The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the enjoyment of the everyday for some future goal.
Frances Mayes -
Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.
Arthur Smith -
I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated.
David Frum -
We spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no longer exists.
Eddie Obeng -
The most brilliant satire of all time was 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift. You'll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out.
P. J. O'Rourke