P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.

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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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The only thing I have learnt over the years is that if you enjoy your work and put in the best efforts, it will show. If you follow this process, things work out. But if you go chasing a formula, success will elude you.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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For me, opposition is just another opposition.
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There are just so many young designers now.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me' state, and I think that's a good lesson in life.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
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Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won't get the performance right.
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In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.
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My only loyalty is to what's best for business, not to any set of constituents.
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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
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Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.
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I fell in love with dressing myself up.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.