P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.
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Honey, God loves everybody. It's human beings who mess things up.
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I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic.
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People will turn their noses up at a sequel or that type of thing, but Pixar really works hard - if they're making a sequel - to make a sequel an original movie, to make it an original story.
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My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
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Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
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You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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My favorite 'Mister Rogers' episodes were always the ones where Mr. Rogers would go into the community.
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The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.
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I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.
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That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.
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I've written extensively on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth and seen up close how those women, who were born when the country hoped for a male heir, made their way as leaders.
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There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few.
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I grew up in a very small town and didn't realise till later that I had an adventurous side. When I went to theatre school at 18, I came into my own and let loose.
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Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself.
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The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.
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Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
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I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.
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Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.
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I'm a motivational speaker.
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You have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.
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I like a grizzly look as long as it's maintained. Facial hair requires maintenance; you can't just grow it out and be done with it.
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As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.
