P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there.
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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I didn't start working out until college. But in college I could feel my body changing, and I knew that if I didn't make some changes, I was going to go in the wrong direction.
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All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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One of the things the novel can do is address big questions in ways that are accessible to people. It's not that I want to teach people, but these are the things that interest me, and this is my medium for exploring ideas, and I think the potential of novels to do that is massive.
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People are surprised by the poverty and think that I wasn't cared for. But that wasn't the case - I was deeply loved.
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If you’re going through a dark time... don’t ever give up. You can always make your way back to the other end of that circle and find your happiness again.
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No matter how heinous someone's behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can't expect people to hate them.
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I do my music for me, second for my entourage, and at the end, for the people. It's healthy to work that way.
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We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there.
