P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
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Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.
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I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
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I am a pretty level-headed person, but that person, Harry Reid, has been the most destructive entity in Washington when it comes to civility. By far.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.
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I would like to be someone like Steve Martin. That's the path I'd like to follow.
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Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.
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I'd like to stand up in those classes and announce to the world that I'm too busy to be Irish or Catholic or anything else, that I'm working day and night to make a living, trying to read books for my courses and falling asleep in the library ....
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I want men and women to both feel a part in the flourishment of female power. So I want to celebrate that power that women have, that they acquired and are still acquiring all over the world. And it's kind of my way of joining the movement and bringing positive attention to an overgrowing awareness of females everywhere who are breaking the mold.
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We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.
