P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.P. J. O'Rourke
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
Adam Levine Maroon 5 -
I like to prove people wrong.
Zach LaVine -
John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
M. H. Abrams -
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.
K. Flay -
I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
Natalie Cole -
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.
D. A. Pennebaker
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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.
Captain Beefheart -
But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
Aaron Eckhart -
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.
Quentin Tarantino -
I can swear like a fishwife.
Frances Bay -
I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
Tavi Gevinson -
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
Langston Hughes
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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.
Pam Bondi -
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.
Dan Byrd -
If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
Nargis Fakhri -
I would love a bowl of Frosties, but I start the day with something healthier like a bowl of yoghurt or berries.
Rachel Stevens -
I have very long, wild hair, a suntan and wear knee high boots and ignore all the rules about what you should or shouldn't wear at whatever age.
Kate O'Mara -
Out of the 72 kids that I went to high school with, I still talk to 25 of them on a fairly regular basis. Seven of my classmates live in L.A., and five of them are in the entertainment business, and we constantly talk and play fantasy football together.
Ike Barinholtz
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I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
Lady Gaga -
The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
Lane Kirkland -
I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always going to produce their art, their music. They're going to paint, they're going to write.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine -
What's the point of art, of any art, if it doesn't let us see with a little bit of objectivity where we are?
Ali Smith -
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the other, we're being marketed makeup and clothing that obviously turns us into someone different.
Adora Svitak -
Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
P. J. O'Rourke