P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
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Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child has a mental health problem. Parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop us from asking for the help we need for ourselves and our children.
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I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.
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If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realise the structure is exactly the same.
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
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When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
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The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad.
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys.
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Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how they reconcile themselves to a bad deed in the past. It's a little easier if you've got a god to forgive you.
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In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.
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History is more interesting than most people think.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.
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If I have a bad shooting day, my dad will take me to the gym.
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Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.
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I think that it's going to be interesting to see where Beyonce's career goes.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
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I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers. I really love not knowing where I'm going.
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Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school.
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We both know, you and I, that if all men were gardeners, the world at last would be at peace.
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There's no sort of hierarchy at 'Corrie.' The crew get on.
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I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
