There isn’t much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
P. J. O'ROURKEThe people who despise America are the editors of the ‘New Statesman.’ Their green-card applications must have been turned down.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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The 1960s was an era of big thoughts. And yet, amazingly, each of these thoughts could fit on a T-shirt.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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It’s better to make fun of yourself because you’ve always got someone around to make fun of, and they can’t sue you.
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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.
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Let’s reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools – and use it on the teachers.
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The people who despise America are the editors of the ‘New Statesman.’ Their green-card applications must have been turned down.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
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