P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm too old for the silly party, so I had to join the stupid party.

P. J. O'Rourke

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FriendStupidAmericanSillyParty

The fun part of being a girl is that there are little beauty things you can do to make yourself feel special.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

BeautyGirlYourselfFunFeelYou

Brimstone was great. That was another occasion when they called me in to do the pilot and it turned into a regular job, which made me quite happy. It was another really good experience and we were all so surprised when they pulled the plug on it.

John Glover

GoodGreatExperienceJobHappyMe

The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in the future as to be disconnected from contemporary issues.

John M. Ford

GoodFutureSpaceEnoughMoreSee

I think it's important for the president of the United States to be aware of the intelligence information that we have.

John McCain

IntelligenceThinkInformationAware

Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.

Ron Paul

SpaceMoonThinkGoPoliticiansUp

You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.

Lisa Scottoline

CharacterSupportHelpYouWrite

In 2006, the Congress had approved plans to allow the Fed, beginning in 2011, to pay interest on banks' reserve balances. In the fall of 2008, the Congress moved up the effective date of this authority to October 2008.

Janet Yellen

BeginningFallPlansAuthorityPay

In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto.

Jose Mourinho

MeEasyI CanManagerWayFollow

Hollywood large is so different than real-life large.

Jordin Sparks

HollywoodDifferentThanLarge

I always felt like what I was doing wasn't selling toys; I was making a happy sound at Christmas. When people hear something so familiar, it brings them back to a special place, and that's been meaningful for me.

Johnny Mathis

HappyPeopleMeDoingBackPlace

I think we would define the role for us in the future as helping customers in what we would call an energy-banking concept.

Debra L. Reed

FutureThinkCallDefineUsRole

I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens versus what should happen.

Colm Toibin

ThinkHappenFictionWellHappens

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