{"id":793,"date":"2013-08-27T12:18:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T12:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=793"},"modified":"2013-08-27T12:23:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T12:23:59","slug":"p-j-orourke-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"P.J. O&#8217;Rourke quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-480\" alt=\"Quotation Marks\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Quotation-Marks.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>O&#8217;Rourke, P. J. (1947 &#8211; ), US humorist &amp; political commentator<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Never fight an inanimate object.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The weirder you are going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O&#8217;Rourke, P. J. (1947 &#8211; ), US humorist &amp; political commentator Never fight an inanimate object. The weirder you are going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. 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