P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.

P. J. O'Rourke

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I was a Swedish guy who listened to Too Short.

Joel Kinnaman

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We had an eyeball-to-eyeball agreement at a restaurant before I came back that, if I came back, he would never talk to me that way again or I was simply saying no.

Andrea Mackris

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My father is a poet. He's a literary giant of this country - writes in Hindi - and also quite unique because he has a Ph.D. in English Literature. He taught at Harvard University, which is one of the most prominent universities in the country.

Amitabh Bachchan

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It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes.

Alva Myrdal

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Drinking water is essential to a healthy lifestyle.

Stephen Curry

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Packing is always a nightmare.

Stefanie Powers

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I played golf all over Detroit.

Smokey Robinson

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I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will.

Robert De Niro

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The Medical Society of Sedgwick County, the Kansas Hospital Association and doctors have really done some remarkable work on wellness-related issues.

Mike Pompeo

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I like being full, every day, with stuff that I have to do.

Louis C. K.

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I'm a Kiwi. I'm from a beach suburb called Takapuna, which is on the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand.

Lorde

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It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or 3 on the call sheet look good.

Judy Greer

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