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“A woman should dress to attract attention. To attract the most attention, a woman should be either nude, or wearing something as expensive as getting her nude is going to be.”

Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Book:Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People

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Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People

This book serves as a comprehensive reference for improving social conduct, addressing common etiquette blunders, and offering advice on navigating various social scenarios. It is designed to assist readers in developing better interpersonal skills and understanding the nuances of polite behavior. more

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P. J. O'Rourke

P. J. O'Rourke, born on November 14, 1947, is a renowned satirical writer known for his humorous and satirical commentary on political and social issues. His distinctive writing style, characterized by wit and sharpness, has won him a wide readership. more

“In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that when the official U.S. measure of poverty was developed in 1963, a poor American family had an income twenty-nine times greater than the average per capita income in the rest of the world. An individual American could make more money than 93 percent of the other people on the planet and still be considered poor.”

Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

“It's the squares who know how to fly the fighter planes and operate the missiles and the bombs and work the M-16s. Liberals would still be fumbling with the federally mandated trigger locks.”

Knows Stills Humor Funny Know How Fighter Planes Bombs Squares Locks Triggers Missiles

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“It takes a lot of weapons to do good works (as Richard the Lionhearted could have told us). And this is not just a Somali problem. We have poverty and deprivation in our own country. Try standing unarmed on a street corner in Compton handing out twenty-dollar bills and see how long you last.”

Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

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