P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.

P. J. O'Rourke

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I was well under the spell of the old Gold Medal Crime novels when I wrote 'Savage Season,' and I wanted to write a modern version of that. I had tried the same thing with 'Cold in July,' and I wanted to give it another go.

Joe R. Lansdale

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The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.

Jerry Saltz

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The learning curve, and the things that you have to adapt to on a daily basis in the UFC, is pretty crazy. It's a huge burden for anybody to have: not just the fighting itself but learning how to deal with the other responsibilities.

Rose Namajunas

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I most definitely want kids, but I'll probably adopt kids.

Missy Elliott

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I like the big ups. I'm into the big ups.

Juice Newton

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I don't think all music that is considered 'avant-garde' is bad, but it's definitely elitist. I hope my music is not that.

Julia Holter

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No one has hit the FARC harder than I. But all wars have to end at some point, and that requires a negotiated solution.

Juan Manuel Santos

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I feel like we're going to see a lot more movies that mix documentary style with fiction, more along the lines of 'District 9.'

Josh Trank

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If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did.

Janis Karpinski

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I don't have newspapers in my house. I have a news application which only gives me important news, no Bollywood. So even if there is some report about me, I don't know.

Disha Patani

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Truth has very few friends and those few are suicides.

Antonio Porchia

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I love the horror genre for how cinematic it is. I gravitated, I think, initially, toward the horror genre because, of all the genres, I think it is the genre that is most friendly to the subject matter of faith and belief in religion.

Scott Derrickson

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