P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze.P. J. O'Rourke
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
Carles Puigdemont -
I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
Mackenzie Crook -
If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
Vin Scully -
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
Walt Whitman -
It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
Jackie Robinson -
For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
Patrick Wilson
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
Harriet Van Horne -
There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
Natasha Lyonne -
I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
Aaron Levie -
We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
Viktor Orban -
Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.
Nancy Gibbs -
I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
Madchen Amick
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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
Victoria Pendleton -
I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
J. B. Smoove -
My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
Jackie Robinson -
I am often fond of saying the Trekkers are passionate about a hobby, their hobby is 'Star Trek.' They are by and large very imaginative, very intelligent people, and they certainly have been more than generous to me.
Kate Mulgrew -
We need new energy back in Washington.
Elizabeth Emken
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There's nothing more fundamentally disruptive to the status quo than a new reality.
Umair Haque -
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
Ali ibn Abi Talib -
All my life, I have lived with the feeling that I have been kept from my true place. If the expression 'metaphysical exile' had no meaning, my existence alone would afford it one.
Emil Cioran -
Fellow-Christians, do let us study the Bible portrait of the humble man. And let us ask our brethren, and ask the world, whether they recognize in us the likeness to the original.
Andrew Murray -
To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze.
P. J. O'Rourke