P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Jimmy Carter was - he still - he remains to this day America's most ex of ex-presidents. You just can't believe that we elected this doofus. He was a bright enough guy and sort of well-meaning. But he was about as prepared to be president of the United States as your goofy old uncle, you know, the one that memorises baseball statistics.

P. J. O'Rourke

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Making 'Sweetback' took an exorbitant amount of energy and time.

Melvin Van Peebles

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The contribution of West African languages to Ebonics is absolutely infinitesimal. What it actually is is a very interesting hybrid of regional dialects of Great Britain that slaves in America were exposed to because they often worked alongside the indentured servants who spoke those dialects that we often learn about in school.

John McWhorter

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I have instincts.

Robert M. Gates

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I think we as a society, a global community, we as governments, need to figure out ways to combat ISIS, not just as a military force but as an idea.

Matthew Heineman

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Human brains - in terms of cognition and emotion and consciousness - are essentially the same as they were at the time of Shakespeare or Jesus or Cleopatra or the Stone Age. They are not evolving with the pace of change.

Matt Haig

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Service drives a lot of my decisions.

Mickey Drexler

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I studied cooking in Spain after college.

Jose Garces

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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Confucius

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My late mother moved back to her parents' homeland in the 1990s when Ukraine and Russia, along with the thirteen other former Soviet republics, became independent states. Drawing on her experience as a lawyer in Canada, she served as executive officer of the Ukrainian Legal Foundation, an NGO she helped to found.

Chrystia Freeland

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Education is the best provision for old age.

Aristotle

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If bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty, and I am not ready to become a poor man.

Aliko Dangote

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I don't believe in open relationships. If you want to be with someone else, you shouldn't be in a relationship in the first place.

Pixie Lott

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