P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I myself am a parent in a small business. Number of employees: one.

P. J. O'Rourke

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Making a success in show business is like getting a big promotion on a job. You get more prestige, more authority, more money - and you also get longer hours, more work, and more responsibility. It evens out.

Jim Nabors

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I'm gonna be on the Hawaiian beaches when I'm old.

Jeffrey Wright

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All children everywhere deserve the opportunity that is unlocked for them by education.

Ann Cotton

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The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.

Solomon Short

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My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes.

Robert Andrews Millikan

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What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary or commonplace.

Miuccia Prada

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That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment.

Drew Carey

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There are plenty of studies that have shown that depression is associated with decreased immunity. So I want to harness all of the positive emotional energy I can in a patient to get better.

Allan Hamilton

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It was 1981. I was working on a novel. And I put that novel aside one day after I read a newspaper article. The story said there were 19 women still on the pension payroll who were Confederate war widows. They were women who very early in their lives had married very old men.

Allan Gurganus

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I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.

Sherwood Schwartz

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Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

Scott Hamilton

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There's a difference between world-class fighters and club fighters. It's similar to the distinction between a Grammy Award nominee and a guy who sings in Holiday Inn cocktail lounges.

Thomas Hauser

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