P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Something that confirms all fears and many conspiracy theories about government is finding out what our elected representatives would put into law if they could.

P. J. O'Rourke

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It's very kind of 'Wuthering Heights' where my parents' house is, moors and deserted. It's very wild and mystic.

Joanne Froggatt

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I'm probably a believer in abandoning too-big-to-fail firms or breaking them up in some way so that the system can try to take care of itself. I imagine you're not going to get there, and therefore, I suspect regulation is what's going to be required.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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'Affable' is the word that often comes up from reporters, even staunch critics, who meet Lou Dobbs for the first time.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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I'm a big fan of Alan J. Pakula's films like 'All the President's Men', 'The Parallax View,' and 'Klute.' I'm a big fan of those movies.

Simon Baker

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My movies don't make any money, and they don't really light the world on fire. But I'm really lucky because I've gotten them made.

Mike Binder

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The public do get behind me, and I love the crowd. When I'm ever in London, they give me massive support - the Anniversary Games, the cheers; they are always nice to me.

Mo Farah

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The stories in 'Parenthood' are so much the stories of our lives. And the people who have worked on the show feel very connected to these characters.

Jason Katims

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I showed up in L.A. with $500 and a backpack and I stayed at a shelter, so nobody handed me anything. I worked for every single thing that I have.

Jared Leto

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On the whole, books are indeed less finite than ourselves. Even the worst among them outlast their authors - mainly because they occupy a smaller amount of physical space than those who penned them. Often they sit on the shelves absorbing dust long after the writer himself has turned into a handful of dust.

Joseph Brodsky

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Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

Jonathan Swift

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Sometimes even paranoids have enemies.

Delmore Schwartz

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Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

Chris Pine

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