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P.J. O'Rourke has 585 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
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Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for…
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Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
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The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go outdoors much,…
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There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our…
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A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is…
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Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
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Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.
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Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It…
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You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak - something you…
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I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously,…
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A foreign correspondent is someone who lives in foreign parts and corresponds, usually in the form of essays containing no new facts.…
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You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to…
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For many years as a foreign correspondent, I not only worked alongside human rights advocates, but considered myself one of them. To…
— Stephen Kinzer
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I was a news reporter for 16 years, seven of them a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans.…
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