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P. J. O'Rourke

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Kehidupan

People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.

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Persahabatan

I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting.

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Kehidupan

You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.

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Sukses

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

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Waktu

Satire doesn't effect change.

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Waktu

There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.

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Waktu

All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.

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Kegagalan

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.

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Keluarga

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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Nasihat

I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.

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Pendidikan

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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Kebahagiaan

Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

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Motivasi

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

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Keluarga

My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family.

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Kehidupan

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.

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Keluarga

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

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Doa

Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

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Keluarga

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

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Perjuangan

Never fight an inanimate object.

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Persahabatan

As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of one's friends' and relatives' children.

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