P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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The correlation of quality of life and cost of energy is huge.
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I have my problems with 'Singles'. To me, 'Singles' is the least successful of the movies I've been lucky enough to make.
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A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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I was not addicted to stealing in my youth, nor have ever been; yet such was the confidence of the Negroes in the neighborhood, even at this early period of my life, in my superior judgment, that they would often carry me with them when they were going on any roguery, to plan for them.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go to Heaven? How would you know?
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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We're one of the largest employers in Canada for animation executives, and there is - I think something on the magnitude of $140 million a year be important to the Canadian economy producing animation for Netflix.
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Given the accelerating velocity of history, we should begin charting deliberately the next phase in its trajectory.
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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
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I think I had the most fun making a movie with 'Dedication,' just because you knew that it was a passion project for everyone involved. We had X amount of days to shoot New York in the cold. No trailers. Just sort of kind of doing it guerilla style in a way.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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If nobody has really done a show about people in their twenties that has been successful, why?
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I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
