P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
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I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the leader of a street gang. Well, OK, it was less a street gang than an Ecology Club. We were pretty intimidating, though, and had our own meeting room until we got run out of there by a bunch of thugs from the Poetry Society.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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The voice of the people, the voice of God.
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These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.
