P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.

P. J. O'Rourke

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For me, trying the NFL and trying this football thing, because of the home and what I went through in there, to me, it was no big deal. It was just another opportunity for me. I didn't see that bigger, grandiose picture of it, I just took it one day at a time, like how I took it in the group home.

Jimmy Graham

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There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest anything from ten to fifteen hours writing an arrangement than it was in times past.

Mel Torme

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Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.

Steve Earle

VoiceTroubleBeingCharactersHeard

The Cylons are such a frightening concept - not knowing who is real. No way.

Mary McDonnell

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In 2011, mobile data traffic in the United States was eight times the size of the entire global Internet in 2000. That's traffic.

Marvin Ammori

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Everybody acts like they're in a movie in most movies. That's why they stink.

Jason Patric

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We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state of humanity.

Diane Paulus

TechnologyArtHumanityNobodyWill

I grew up in Bellport, Long Island where I attended Gateway Acting School and met Robin Allan. She was the school's director who took me under her wing and was the one who told me that I could do this for real.

Brendan Dooling

SchoolMeLongActingIslandShe

When I'm dealing with Britney Spears and Katy Perry, these massive brands, like, really, very Coca-Cola, you know what I mean? There are certain kinds of standards. There are risks you can take, and there's risks that you don't. And I think I'm interested in taking a little more risk in my own music.

Bonnie McKee

MusicRisksThinkYouKnowMy Own

If you ask me what is at the core of what I write, it isn't about 'rights', it's about justice. Justice is a grand, beautiful, revolutionary idea.

Arundhati Roy

BeautifulJusticeMeYouWriteAsk

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

Willie Mays

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There are wars being fought! Who cares what I'm doing on a Saturday night? I'm not even a celebrity.

Peter Dinklage

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