P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.
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A label's typical plan would be to put something out that's safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are, and stay with you.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
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I mean the terrorists are - are like a pimple, like a boil. They'll go away.
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To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.
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Whether you are a genius or an idiot, a thief or, like me, a Zen priest who has cultivated the mind for 30 years – the mind anyway is subject to conditions.
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Art thou a friend to Roderick?
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Marxists get up early in the morning to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.
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I have always viewed thinking about arguing, about questioning, pushing back with, joking, about sharing and discovering the world and the news as enjoyable, the same way that I view watching basketball.
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If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?
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So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.
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Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
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As crazy as it may sound, it's like my tranquil place, where I sit, and I have my candy for a minute, and I just space out, and it's just me and my candy.
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I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world.
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Every team that goes into training camp thinks they're a Super Bowl contender.
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When things begin to go bad, the perception of people makes it worse.
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Overall, we've lost risk-takers on the red carpet at the Academy Awards. All too often, stars play it safe.
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I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's really powerful. I think I'm not alone in this.
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We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment.
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Where and when have riots and anarchy been provoked by wise measures? If the government had acted wisely, and if their measures had met the needs of the poor peasants, would there have been unrest among the peasant masses?
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My dad didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work
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Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
