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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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 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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Love, and do what you like.
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With such enormous bucks devoted to trading in oil and other commodities, the distortions that they cause have been exacerbated.
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There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool, cutting-edge indie, it's nice to know that I can span all those different genres.
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I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
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I cannot emphasize just how dangerous it is cycling in the city. Especially now. Even though it is against the law to do this, you'll see people texting while they drive.
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
