P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Sheep farming is heavily subsidized in Great Britain. Without the subsidies, the green grazing in the valley of the River Exe would be gone. The handsome agricultural landscape of which the British are so proud, carefully husbanded since Boudicca's day, would be replaced by natural growth. The most likely growth is real-estate developments.

P. J. O'Rourke

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Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.

Jimi Hendrix

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I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never envisioned myself being a director, since I've never seen women do it." But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we'll see more female directors.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

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All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

John Locke

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If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don't eat. And I like to eat.

Robert Kiyosaki

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If you look at the leading Indian IT companies, Cognizant is not active in business process outsourcing, and neither is Satyam.

Shiv Nadar

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Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government.

Mike Huckabee

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We can't afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

Michelle Obama

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Even though I didn't do as well in the UFC as the rest of my career, I feel like I did everything that I could to have an overall successful career.

Mirko Cro Cop

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You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak.

Lisa Randall

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I was just sick of being fat, you know? You get sick of it. It just really, it's a tiring lifestyle to have.

Drew Carey

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I have that love for music, when you are finding either old gems that you never heard or newer stuff that perks your ear. It keeps you trying to look for new stuff to write about it. You don't spin your wheels. I take that same approach to music and books.

Corey Taylor

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The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

Bryant H. McGill

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