P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this.
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Learn from your dreams what you lack.
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I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
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In the United States we have the great Harvard Business School, but America is the country with the greatest debt in the world.
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'Inside Out' - that was a really good movie. That's the first animated movie I saw since 'The Lego Movie.'
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The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
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You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.
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I grew up taking care of the pigs. I love this country that, you know, somebody can do something like that.
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If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country.
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My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.
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Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?
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I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.
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The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk too much, like Bill Clinton. Some presidents try to talk but don't know how, like George Bush senior.
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The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
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It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too.
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I'm crazy about Diane Von Furstenberg. It's a relationship that's very different; I don't see Diane a lot. So when I saw the article in New York magazine she looked so beautiful and it was talking about her work, too. She set up the interview and it was happening. That's different than someone writing a book about you who you've never met.
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I was really, really stagnating and getting bored in the steady work of television and didn't really know what movies I would be making that Hollywood would be making, and then I went on to 'Game of Thrones,' and it was just like, everything I've been waiting to do was handed to me by really nice people.
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We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this.
