P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.

P. J. O'Rourke

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GoodMarriageSympathyFriendsYou

In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.

Jimmy Cliff

LifeFamilyGreatTogetherValueMe

It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

FearLiveJobWifeDeathLosing

And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives.

Stephen King

DailyGodPeopleSpeakThinkBetter

What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.

Steven Yeun

WorkCollegeMeChicagoImprovNerd

I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

Tracy Chapman

SuccessSurpriseNeverHappenAgain

I think when your imagination goes to work, and when you're first bullied, you feel like you're going to die. School becomes a war zone, and you can't function.

Michael Steger

WorkImaginationSchoolWarThink

The idea of service leads to community.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

CommunityServiceIdeaLeads

Everyone who shoots dance sequences does it in a different way. Everyone who shoots fight sequences does it in a different way.

Jon M. Chu

DanceFightWayEveryoneDifferent

I haven't really got much get up and go. I can't believe I'm on the telly. I'm so lazy.

Allan Carr

BelieveGoLazyUpGotGet

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Plato

FaithFightTwiceArmed

There are many people who live with terrorism every day.

Morena Baccarin

LiveDayPeopleEvery DayTerrorism

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

Leigh Hunt

LoveAlwaysKissesStolenSweetest

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