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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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys.
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What is it to be normal, at 12, at 78? What is it like when you can't grow up?
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My motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself.
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There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
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I would like to have a right not to have an opinion. I don't want to have to care about everything.
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'You're stupid,' is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.
