P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.

P. J. O'Rourke

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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Ann Landers

GoodMindMeasurePersonTrueHim

The roots that weave up my right arm and onto my neck are my way of connecting with the earth: the earth's roots carry water like a human's veins carry blood.

Jeff Hardy

WaterRootsEarthBloodWayRight

To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than to see the face of a monster, which usually looks ridiculous, and where you know that the blood is ketchup.

Michael Haneke

ImaginationStepMeFaceYouLooks

I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy - and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!

Michael Clarke Duncan

SexyYouLostKnowSaidNow

I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable in the 21st century.

Shinzo Abe

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In my nothing, you were everything, to me.

Trent Reznor

MeYouNothingEverythingWere

Postmodernism was a reaction to modernism. Where modernism was about objectivity, postmodernism was about subjectivity. Where modernism sought a singular truth, postmodernism sought the multiplicity of truths.

Miguel Syjuco

TruthReactionWhereModernismAbout

The FCC should obviously not propose bad rules that will be struck down; it should propose good rules that will be upheld.

Marvin Ammori

GoodBadRulesDownWillShould

I don't spend a lot of time in the mirror.

Julia Roberts

TimeMirrorLotSpend

This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal.

Joshua Chamberlain

LifeLiveGreatServiceBestReward

My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself.

Josh Hartnett

LifeMyselfVacationMeGuitarPlay

Working gives you this new perspective. You don't take everything too seriously, and you realise that if you don't do too well on a history test, it's not the end of the world.

Claire Danes

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