P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.

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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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I like to prove people wrong.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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I really like performing for people.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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I was never a fan of Chanel. I liked it on other people. Some other people. All the ladies who were too plump and busty looked like little sausages.
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The fame thing doesn't really worry me. There's nothing I like better than getting up on stage and playing in front of several thousand people. The fact that the other guys get all the limelight doesn't bother me at all.
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Never underestimate your fans; they'll tell you exactly what they like.
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I think we have gotten to a point as Americans, unfortunately, where we take for granted the magic that life brings and that life is really special and every life matters. We tend to go through life but not take the moment to step back and remember you are here, right now, for a very finite amount of time.
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.