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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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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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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If you put a much older woman in 'Doctor Who,' they can identify with it. I think it's quite an interesting concept, and if you remember things like 'Grimm's Fairytales,' the older woman is often the villainess, often the terrifying figure - why I do not know, but often she is. I think it's an idea to be exploited.
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In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.
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I thought it was too 'glam rock' to practice. The problem is that now I'm a pretty bad guitar player.
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It's interesting, the more successful you become the more people want to give you stuff for nothing.
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What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists.
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I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22.
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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.'
