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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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For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.
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My role [as a war correspondent] is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless [and] to shine a light in…
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On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I…
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The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are…
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When you have been born in a war like me, living in a war as a child, when you have been in…
— Oriana Fallaci
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I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance…
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I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At the very least I fully expected to…
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I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at…
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