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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to have impoverished neighborhoods nearby, but the poor people got chased out by young singles living in group homes, hipsters, and urban homesteading gay couples.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Live People Gay Young Living Group

When I started writing 'Batman,' I lobbied heavily to get rid of Robin - or at least not use him in the stories I wrote. Fighting crime with a teenager dressed in primary colors while you're sporting a gray-and-black outfit always struck me as child endangerment, if not abuse.

Child Me Colors Writing Fighting

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.

Man Me Feet You Pants Ground

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.

World Thought Beyond Risk September

One of the great upsides about comedy is that you're dealing with really lovely, fun material.

Great Fun Comedy You Lovely Dealing

To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.

Happiness Great Creative Alive Sense

Some writers such as John Cheever and Raymond Carver seem to draw artistic energy from analyzing the realm of their own experiences - their social circles and memories and mores. I'm one of those who draw creative energy from the opposite.

Memories Creative Energy Circles Own

If we were meant to read for enjoyment, would God have created television? Read as it was intended - for exercise. The more you read, the more you expand your - what's the word I'm looking for? - your stockpile of words. You must have a stockpile of words that you can pass along to your children for their stockpile.

God Children Words Looking You More

I never felt like a good Jew. My mother was not Jewish, and that makes me a non-Jew according to Jewish religious law.

Stephane Hessel

Good Mother Me Law Never Jewish

I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company.

Theatre Goal Acting Never First

I don't like to be a preacher or anything, but the one thing that I've learned is that you truly are what you eat.

You Eat Anything One Thing Like

Essentially, I never know what I'm going to do until I read the script, but a good story is a good story. I would like to do more modern stuff, but ultimately, it doesn't matter to me - good stories are timeless.

Good Me Story Know Matter Never

Although it's only the beginning of the championship, I am very surprised at my capability.

Beginning I Am Championship Only Am

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