P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself.

P. J. O'Rourke

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SelfishSelfYouPersonNothingBig

To join in the political fray, I don't think it convinces anyone. It just becomes a talking point on CNN.

John F. Kelly

ThinkPoliticalTalkingPointJust

It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.

Mel Gibson

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I feel like a tiger right now. There's nothing impossible if you get up and work for it.

Michael Flatley

WorkImpossibleFeelYouTigerNow

The National is about however long it takes to run that race - eight minutes of fame - but champion jockey is about racing 365 days a year. I actually wouldn't swap any of my winners for the National.

Tony McCoy

ChampionRacingYearLongFameRun

It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally.

Louis Finkelstein

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I think we still live in this era of hyper-masculinity.

Jay Ellis

LiveThinkStillEraI Think

We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we think will give us pain or pleasure, avoiding one and pursuing the other.

Joko Beck

LifePainPeopleThinkTryingRun

Although it's not something I'm particularly proud of, I'm willing to admit that, in addition to whiling away the long stretches of time in the air and waiting in airport lounges reading the 'New Yorker' and 'New York Times' on my Kindle, I've picked up the occasional tabloid magazine.

Derek Blasberg

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True conservatives fear anything that is at odds with the status quo, even to the extent of being unable to recognise when the status quo represents injustice. And reactionary conservatives actually want to tear down the gains of the past.

Anthony Albanese

FearPastInjusticeDownWantTrue

I was one of the first people to learn that Jackie was going to marry Aristotle Onassis.

Pierre Salinger

PeopleLearnFirstGoingMarry

It's too easy to do your own site to not have one these days. I guess everyone has one.

Sebastian Bach

EasyEveryoneDaysOwnYourGuess

Traveling around the country, meeting fans and hearing their stories in person and on my radio show has reenergized my commitment to creating honest and inspirational content that not only serves my own creative purposes but can help and touch others as well.

Nikki Sixx

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