P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.

P. J. O'Rourke

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I'm definitely Australian and wouldn't have it any other way. I've been formed as an athlete in Australia.

Jessica Fox

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When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

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There will always be different opinions. Some might argue you should retire after a big success and others that the best time is after a big defeat.

Toni Kroos

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I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting.

Ruby Dee

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You've got to be really careful about what you say and do anywhere you are. I actually had a dream about being in parking garage and having somebody in front of me taking too long to get their change and honking the horn and then yelling back, and getting out and yelling at each other and then seeing it on YouTube the next day.

Mitt Romney

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People ask me whether I'd like another child, and it is difficult to answer, as I am so happy with the two I have.

Louise Nurding

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A risk-free life is far from being a healthy life.

Deepak Chopra

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Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country.

Colm Toibin

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There is a kind of belief among my students that things that are true are interesting. But most things that are true are not interesting. Four pages describing how I got up and brushed my teeth in the morning would kill you.

Alistair MacLeod

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Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind.

Philip Green

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Heartbreak is a real thing.

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I was bored at college, so I put $10 in a jukebox in this place where people played ping-pong and pool. I put in $10 of 'Jingle Bell Rock,' and this was back in the '90s, so it played 'Jingle Bell Rock,' like, 40 times in a row. It was just really fun to watch because after the fourth time, people were just losing-their-minds angry.

Kyle Dunnigan

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