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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.

P. J. O'Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: November 14, 1947

Topics

People World Black Bag Know Left

I'm just like you, only I'm different because I'm me.

Jim Coleman

Me You Because Different Only Just

I never intended to set out and be a singer-songwriter. I just sort of became one because I put out my own record.

Jenny Lewis

My Own Never Out Own Because Just

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.

Maya Angelou

Music People Growing Up Listening

A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if he's any good, is not an entirely benign entity in the world.

Michael Cunningham

Good People World Think Feelings He

I can concentrate on my art.

Lou Reed

Art I Can Concentrate

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Life Enjoy You Achieve Want Aim

Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life.

Jason Mraz

Life Great Green Musicians More See

I was just sick of being fat, you know? You get sick of it. It just really, it's a tiring lifestyle to have.

Drew Carey

Sick Fat You Know Lifestyle Get

I'm always inspired by all of my friends. I aspire to make clothes that my friends would want to wear, that they would gravitate towards anyway.

Chris Benz

Friends Clothes Want Always Aspire

I was in a play with Julia Roberts and Paul Newman and Tony Randall.

Christine Lavin

Play Paul Julia Julia Roberts Newman

Today, especially, when there are so many stations for viewers to choose from, if they want news, they always come to CNN and that's where I wanted to be.

Connie Chung

Today Choose News Want Always Where

It was fantastic to win the title with Leicester.

Claudio Ranieri

Win Fantastic Title