P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
'You're stupid,' is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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At Johnny's suggestion I pursued a career in radio that eventually brought me to Los Angeles.
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Nothing lasts in New York. The life that is lived there, however, is as intense as it gets.
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I invited a group of students to my studio to expose them to both the creative and business sides of the fashion industry. It was fun because the group was so bright and full of curiosity. They asked really challenging questions about all aspects of the business and absorbed so much information so quickly.
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One day, when we were coming back from school, we saw this big cloud of smoke coming up, and all these fire-trucks in the yard. The garage was burning down. I was 14, and we'd lost everything.
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'You're stupid,' is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.
