P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.

P. J. O'Rourke

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I mostly listen to very popular songs. But I'm a huge fan of Stevie Wonder, and I love jazz - Glenn Fredly, Diah Lestari - so 80% jazz, 20% mixed with everything - disco, hip hop.

Joe Taslim

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I don't like to hurry. I'm not a conductor of the fast, fiery romantic type. I prefer Bruckner, with the sincerity of his musical language and the huge time spans in which his ideas develop, to Mahler, with his hysteria and self-indulgence.

Jeffrey Tate

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There's so much more to a book than just the reading.

Maurice Sendak

BookReadingMoreJustThanMuch

People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.

Max Hastings

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I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be a soloist, but I believed that if I worked hard enough, I could work as a player, a teacher.

John Williams

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I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.

Martina Navratilova

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And there's no way I'm going to do Dame Edna.

Miranda Richardson

WayGoingDame

So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.

Brian Boitano

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Being a drag queen out on the subway or out on the street is still not the most safe thing you can be doing.

Aquaria

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I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood.

AnnaLynne McCord

LoveDaughterPeopleRole ModelKnow

As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families.

Allen Boyd

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Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

William Shakespeare

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