P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war.

P. J. O'Rourke

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FutureDepressionWarSimplicity

Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.

Andrew Vachss

ChildrenSocietyEnemiesAny

If you got every single artist in the world in one room, and you put Miles on one side and Prince on the other side, those are the two people that everybody would be trying to get a glimpse of. And Michael Jackson would be the other one.

Robert Glasper

PeopleWorldTryingYouArtistRoom

As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country, moving from misery to poverty with dignity.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

TodayTimeTomorrowPeopleSuffering

Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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I don't believe in having regrets.

Slash

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I always say that the largest party in every country - the largest opposition group in every country - is the youth party.

Jared Cohen

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My dad will always criticize me. He doesn't care if it hurts my feelings. If I start acting a certain way, he would be like, 'Who do you think you are?' So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' but I don't think it. I'm really hard on myself.

Jorja Smith

MyselfPeopleAmazingMeStartCare

I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.

Chloe Sevigny

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There are great songs out there, and if I love them, and I know them, I'm going to sing them just because that's what songs are for.

Chris Stapleton

LoveGreatJust BecauseKnowOut

I certainly feel injustice. I'm no foreigner to that, whether it's real or perceived.

Brad Pitt

FeelInjusticeRealForeigner

The truth is that it has not been my pipe dream to have a restaurant. I know restaurateurs, and the amount of work that goes into a restaurant is nothing short of insanity. It's a real commitment, and most restaurants don't make it, so the odds are really against you.

Antoni Porowski

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The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.

William Robertson Smith

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