P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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I have to wear two sports bras when I do my cardio. It takes a lot to hold these puppies up!
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What happened was I saw this ad for a yogurt plant for sale. It was in my junk mail pile, and I threw it into the garbage can. And then about half an hour later, with the dirt on it, I picked it up from the garbage can, and I called out of curiosity.
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When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.
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Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that, or you can choose to reframe it.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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I feel like the word 'mom' and 'supermom' should be synonymous. When you are a mom, you are a superhero.
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Since age twelve, I've felt like I'm someone else,'cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt.
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I have a bit of a love affair with fairy tales and some of the ideas of Irish mythology, like Oscar Wilde and W.B. Yeats, who captured a lot of that very beautifully.
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The other reason might be that you want to talk to voters when you've got seven primaries in seven days. Understand what's happened in this race - where we campaign actively in a state, and voters have the chance to see me directly, they check under the hood, and they kick the tires, when we don't have as much time.
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McMaster, 54, is the smartest and most capable military officer of his generation, one who has not only led American victories on the battlefields of the 1991 Gulf War and of the Iraq War, but also holds a Ph.D. in history.
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
