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P J Orourke
 
Date of birth: 14 November 1947
Date of death: Alive (or unknown)
Country Of Origin: America
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   Patrick Jake O'Rourke was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1947 to a car dealer and his wife. P.J. began his life as a Republican, but during the '60s changed politics to conform with the rest of the country's youth. P.J. says, however, that he was never a Democrat:" I went from being a Republican to being a Maoist, then back to being a Republican again." P.J. attended Miami of University of Ohio, majoring in English, and then went on to Johns Hopkins.

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" A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. "

P J Orourke
" 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. "

P J Orourke
" After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi. "

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" Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. "

P J Orourke
" America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased. "

P J Orourke
" 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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" Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations. "

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

P J Orourke
" Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults as rotten SOB's, given to fistfights, gunplay, and other mayhem. Kids who believe this about grownups aren't likely to argue about bedtime. "

P J Orourke
" Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue. "

P J Orourke
" Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely. "

P J Orourke
" Even a band of angels can turn ugly and start looting if enough angels are unemployed and hanging around the Pearly Gates convinced that all the succubi own all the liquor stores in Heaven. "

P J Orourke
" 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. "

P J Orourke
" Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. "

P J Orourke
" Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them. "

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