P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New York City.

P. J. O'Rourke

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Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in some way.

Jeannette Walls

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Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment.

Sinclair Lewis

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My company created a platform called Modlife, this prepackaged website that runs an artist's website.

Tom DeLonge

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For some reason, I always thought I was special. And for some reason, I always thought that I had a purpose in life: that I was supposed to contribute to the world.

Rosie Perez

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When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.

Michael Tippett

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I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it.

Jonathan Anderson

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When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell.

Dolley Madison

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I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

Chloe Sevigny

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I went through absolute stress and mayhem. I couldn't go out, because people were constantly on my back all the time.

Cher

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I can only be me. I have a hard time being a chameleon as a singer.

Chris Stapleton

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Tip-of-the-tongue syndrome is when people almost remember something but need a computer, or someone else, to help them find it. The problem is, our brains have always been terrible at remembering details. They were like that way before the Internet came along.

Clive Thompson

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'She's a Mystery to Me' was released in 1987, when I was 11 or something, and I absolutely adored the song. This song was written by Bono and The Edge, and the story goes that Bono woke up with the tune in his head, then thought that the only voice who could sing this song is Roy Orbison.

Cillian Murphy

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