P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
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Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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Australian genre films were a lot of fun because they were legitimate genre movies. They were real genre films, and they dealt, in a way like the Italians did, with the excess of genre, and that has been an influence on me.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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If I get asked to talk to a group of CEOs or a group of high school students, I pick high school students.
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When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing something that I shouldn't be doing, then I would no longer be able to go to L.A. and continue to pursue the acting thing.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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I would love a bowl of Frosties, but I start the day with something healthier like a bowl of yoghurt or berries.
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I hated high school. I didn't have any friends because I didn't fit in.
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I tend to lean toward romance, characters, and relationships when I write, so I have to add to the setting elements and world-building when I revise.
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Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no soul to whom you can pour out your woes.
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In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine. That is why these rules at first seem to be constantly interfering with our natural inclinations.
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Whenever I am in Paris, all I want to do is inhale a big plate of cheese. And in New York, my favourite thing is a toasted bagel with cream cheese. Not only do I not avoid carbs, I more or less have them in every meal. When I start denying myself foods, that's when I crave them.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
