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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Not much was really invented during the Renaissance, if you don't count modern civilization.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: November 14, 1947

Topics

You Civilization Renaissance Count

I like cats. I used to have a lot of cats, but I don't anymore, now I just have a dog. It does take a certain temperament to have a cat, as they do have certain personalities.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Dog Cats Now Cat Take Used

For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.

People Reading Display Cause Many

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

Good New York Rich Famous Goal New

Jockeying for a popularity position has been a valorized teen tradition since the notion of a discrete teen stage of life was invented.

Life Teen Tradition Stage Popularity

I try to find the right director who won't compromise his or anyone else's integrity, and yet be political enough to give the studio what they want, yet put up a fight to maintain that integrity.

Integrity Fight Compromise Political

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.

Soul Self She Her Creator Thing

Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.

Go Tennis Same Little Conference

I got into Goldman really by acquisition because I had gone - I grew up in east New York in the Linden Projects - I did go to fancy schools, but my resume wasn't up to a Wall Street set of resumes. I went to college. I went to law school and practiced for a while.

Lloyd Blankfein

School New York College Law Wall Go

I listen to the timbre of the music, and I fit my voice to blend with that timbre.

Music Voice Listen Blend Fit

'The Empty Bank' talks about really specific instances where I kind of make the wrong moves based off of money, and it also details instances where I was acting like I had money when I really didn't have that much money.

Money Details Acting Wrong Kind Off

I played in bombed-out houses and grew up with the ever-present consequences of a lost war and the awareness that my own country had inflicted terrible pain on many nations during the horrific World War II.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Pain War World Consequences Country

Low turnout in off-year races is always a challenge for Democrats. Many of our voters require information and must be contacted way ahead of Election Day - and reminded of what's at stake.

Challenge Day Information Election

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