P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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I really like performing for people.
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Well I love preppy style; I like J. Crew for guys.
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I like risky stuff.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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Songwriter friends will be like, 'Oh my God, when are you going to put out 'Love Triangle?'' It's just been that song for me that really helped me get a lot of writing sessions and helped jump-start my writing career.
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I like all sorts of things, not necessarily just Victorian. Even though I tend to read a lot of Victorian novels, I like a lot of contemporary stuff.
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I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well.
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I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people.
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Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War and the 100 years between the Civil War and the civil rights movement and my parents' then-illegal and interracial marriage.
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I like to argue with the radio.
