P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation.

P. J. O'Rourke

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PeopleFreeSayBarriersPeople Say

If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.

John Oates

FeelDoneManagerThroughSomething

Pippin chooses love and finds a greater sense of himself at the end of all the madness. I relate to him in many ways. I have been through stuff, thought I knew best, and often been proven wrong.

Matthew James Thomas

LoveBestThoughtEndMadnessWrong

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival.

Angela Davis

LearningTimeCitySurvivalEarly

If the main character's not in jeopardy - physical, psychological, emotional, whatever - then you don't have any tension, and you don't have a story.

Stephen Graham Jones

CharacterStoryYouEmotionalMain

Let's just cut a live record with three microphones in four days and talk about lizards and aliens. If I had taken that idea to even an independent label, I don't see a label out there that would've said, 'Oh yeah, that sounds great. We know how to market this.'

Sturgill Simpson

LiveGreatKnowSaidThreeTalk

I think I have broken the mould that actresses have to be extremely thin on screen. All those who are making my weight an issue just prove that people are jealous. These are people who have nothing to do in life except to stare at their computer screens and make comments on us.

Sonakshi Sinha

LifeBrokenPeopleJealousThinkUs

It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor.

Michael Rady

AmazingEnjoyResultsLaborYour

A Christian's example is always Jesus.

Monica Johnson

ChristianAlwaysExampleJesus

With the 'iCarly' soundtrack, I didn't get to write any of the songs. I just picked songs that meant a lot to me that I really liked.

Miranda Cosgrove

MeWriteGetJustSongsSoundtrack

Clinton had absolutely zero honeymoon, none whatsoever.

Dee Dee Myers

HoneymoonZeroAbsolutelyNoneHad

I had to face imprisonment and house arrests, but it made me tougher.

Asma Jahangir

MeFaceHouseMadeImprisonmentHad

A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.

Suze Orman

SomeoneOutComingGoingPaidBills

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