P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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In social media, people cannot build big followings organically unless what they are putting out to the world has value.
Barry Ritholtz -
I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.
Walt Handelsman -
Crawford washed her hands a lot. She washed her arms all the way up past her elbows. She just couldn't get enough done in that direction. She was compulsive about being clean, clean, clean!
Fay Wray -
You can't deny RCA's past and its history. I was also on Capitol Records, so I have that past history.
Garth Brooks -
People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.
Victoria Justice -
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
Nadine Gordimer
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In private, I'm a hippie who follows Buddhism, does yoga, meditates and loves to dance wildly.
Laura Harring -
The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.
Sam Sheppard -
Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up.
Calvin Harris -
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
Larry Wall -
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude.
Karin Slaughter -
Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
Mandy Patinkin
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
Dana Perino -
I love to use a lot of spices when I cook, so we actually cast a real peppercorn in gold and then just made a bead out of it for necklaces and earrings.
Padma Lakshmi -
If you look at weak democracies, the oligarchies that have taken undue control of them always seek to tamper with the vote. It is important for oligarchs to have elections to give their guy a veneer of legitimacy - and important for the vote always to turn out 'their way.'
Naomi Wolf -
I think there is an army clock ticking in me. I value time. I always want to be on time. I don't complain about things, saying, 'There is no caravan here,' etc. For example, they could only arrange a tent on the location of 'Pareshanu Raa'. I understand the importance of money. I respect my work a lot. Not that I am the only one who works hard.
Rakul Preet Singh -
I know when you're in the business of cover sports, you look for 60-minute games and a result. It's never that simple.
Gary Bettman -
I had so many faux-parents.
Gaby Hoffmann
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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
Abba Eban -
I've been on 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,' and I know it does wonders for your career.
Rithvik Dhanjani -
When you're in the CIA, you anticipate the possibility that you'll be betrayed by a foreign government or a source, but you never anticipate that it would be by your own government.
Valerie Plame -
The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
Malcolm McDowell -
My wife and I have never been able to have kids of our own. Physically, it's impossible. The doctor checked. So we tend to unofficially adopt lots of twenty-somethings. I have a real soft spot in my heart for youth.
Doug Jones -
Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
P. J. O'Rourke