P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and he will be certain that you are either telling the truth or a big, important lie.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated.
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In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.
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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.
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Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Amazingly, I think that a lot of times athletes are - are kind of in a position where other think they shouldn't weigh in on certain social topics.
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Time isn't the enemy. Fear of change is. Accept that nothing lasts forever and you'll start to appreciate the advantages of whatever age you are now.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.
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I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself.
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Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and he will be certain that you are either telling the truth or a big, important lie.
