Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
P. J. O'ROURKEI had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of the strictures of Ramadan.
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I’ve got a 1990 Porsche 911. It’s just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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The most brilliant satire of all time was ‘A Modest Proposal’ by Jonathan Swift. You’ll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out.
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Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.
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Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino’s box.
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There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.
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You can’t destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America’s elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and about half the time, you’re doing us a favor.
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America wasn’t founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
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The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you’re rich.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
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Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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