P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.
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I don't usually suggest going into something you cannot do, but sometimes you gotta jump in and land on your feet.
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Time had a way of moulding people into shapes they themselves no longer recognised.
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In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold.
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I like the idea that [Mahatma] Gandhi is appearing now in an opera hall in all these different places, and people kind of think about it again.
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I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
