P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Saigon is like all the other great modern cities of the world. It's the mess left from people getting rich.
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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To be honest, before I joined the industry, I knew very little about the fashion world, and I hardly knew any name brands. Probably because the price tags were a little too high, and home girl needed to work.
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It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
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I'm all about small towns. I think it's a great place to grow up.
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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
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I'm not saying that in order to be a great jazz musician you have to be a great classical pianist first. But I am saying that it makes things easier when you can get around the instrument, and you have some idea of how to approach the various hurdles.
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Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.
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Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
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People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeved shirts and some of the things that James Bond does, but I certainly haven't got his guts nor his very lively appetites.
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I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the thoughts and actions around me.
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We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi.
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Luckily, I'm young and I have a great training staff that helps me take care of my body day in and day out. You make sure you're eating right. Make sure you're hitting the iron, lifting as much as you possibly can. That's easier said than done because we don't have many practice days.
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What song have you played 10,000 times? It's probably not something basic. It's probably a song that validates your experience on Earth.
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
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Bitcoin is inherently international, and one of its great promises is it enables cross-border payments in a more efficient way.
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I don't think there is room for 'artistic temperament.' Professional artists understand art is a business. If businesses ran their companies like many artists do their careers, they would not stay open a year.
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Saigon is like all the other great modern cities of the world. It's the mess left from people getting rich.
