P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I think every high school student who was alert during the early '60s got very embittered by the slow progress and the violence surrounding the Civil Rights Movement.

P. J. O'Rourke

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ProgressSchoolHigh SchoolThink

When I gave up law to go into real estate, my mother said, 'How can you give up the law?' But she lived long enough to see the Bulls win all six championships. She would wear all six pendants at the same time. She could barely stand up.

Jerry Reinsdorf

MotherTimeReal EstateLawWinYou

I've found that most successful people do things because they get personal satisfaction from the work that they do.

John Rampton

WorkPeopleSatisfactionPersonal

When I preaches, I has just one text to preach from, an' I always preaches from this one. My text is, 'When I found Jesus.'

Sojourner Truth

AlwaysPreachJust OneJustText

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.

Siobhan Fahey

MusicAgeTimePeopleYoungWhy

I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.

Mary J. Blige

GoodWomenFeel GoodFeelYouI Can

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

Louis C. K.

LifeMy LifeLyingHardYearsLast

Hate is ugly.

Logic

HateUgly

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

Antoine Rivarol

DoubtDoneNothingAbuseAdvantage

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.

Wynton Marsalis

FatherFather's DayUpGreaterUs

I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize.

Sylvia Kristel

LoveTruthNeedAvoidingInvent

What a man is is an arrow into the future, and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from.

Sylvia Plath

FutureWomanManPlaceArrowOff

I'm born and raised in New York. I've lived between New York and New Orleans for the last 16 to 17 years.

Perry Chen

New YorkBornNewNew OrleansLived

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