P. J. O'Rourke

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• There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmas time. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them.

  • Christmas

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

  • Family

• A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

  • Government
  • Luck

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• I came, I saw, I conquered.

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  • Success

• The unexamined life is not worth living.

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  • Philosophy