P. J. O'Rourke

Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear a resemblance in size, site, climate, and architecture, which ranges from the bland to the fancifully bland.

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These are some quotes by American author P. J. O'Rourke Comedian, who was born on November 14, 1947.

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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

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The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.

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Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.

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