Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
P. J. O'ROURKEThe beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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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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Liberals have invented whole college majors – psychology, sociology and women’s studies – to prove that nothing is anybody’s fault.
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I 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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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.
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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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Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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I’m old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they’re right.
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Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
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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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People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively.
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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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