P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and grand.

P. J. O'Rourke

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VisionaryPoliticiansWhateverMay

A writer's main tool is his memory - his own memory, the collective memory of his people. And the strongest memory is the one that is created by a wound to the heart.

Anatoly Rybakov

HeartMemoryPeopleOwnToolWriter

With fame comes opportunity, but in my opinion, it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on glass slippers and more on pushing through glass ceilings and, if I'm lucky enough, then to inspire.

Meghan Markle

OpportunityResponsibilityFocusFame

Fling but a stone, the giant dies.

Matthew Green

DeathStoneGiantDiesFling

There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I'm sitting here and doing great.

Matthew Perry

LifeGreatFightDoingYouBad

We need to learn to laugh at ourselves because when you don't laugh, you cry. And I don't feel like crying.

Tracy Morgan

FeelLaughLearnYouCryNeed

It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict.

Mo Rocca

ConflictJokesDissentSensitive

I'm never sure how to rank these things, but I will say that it has been a dream of mine ever since I was a kid to play for the Queen of England. Preferably in the throne room.

Joshua Roman

QueenDreamPlaySayWillNever

I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.

Don Rickles

TimePeopleMeLessonNobodyKnow

I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is absolutely massive.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

I AmWalkingDownStreetRaceAware

I'm in politics to change things - if possible, for the better. I was a journalist for a long time, but I had a kind of midlife crisis, and I decided I needed to do something to get on the pitch and stop endlessly kicking over other peoples' sandcastles.

Boris Johnson

ChangeTimePoliticsBetterLong

I grew up in Inglewood, L.A., and South Central. I was always humbled by my situation. I would go on set and come home to my neighborhood and my block to my friends, and it would be a whole other story.

Brandon Adams

HomeStoryFriendsSituationGoUp

Chicago's known for the drill. Keefs, Lil Durks, and whatnot. My music, on the other hand, it has a message to it. I think that's what sets me apart. I think it gets deeper than saying anything on a trap beat. I'm putting stories together, and people are relating to what I am saying.

Tink

MusicTogetherI AmPeopleMeThink

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