P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Conformity is dangerous.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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For me, if I'm just killing time, I play solitaire. I'm also guilty of playing Snood. I like games where I can shoot balls and match colors.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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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 have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
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The image of me as someone who likes or can deal with a fight is wrong. Some people enjoy competition and dustups, and I wish I did, but I don't. But once you have started down a path, then I think you have to move forward. You can't give up.
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I grew up with British rock.
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I think the reason why people have trouble fighting me is because I don't come from a specific background, and they can't prepare to fight me. I come in, and I push the pace, and I think that pushes a lot of people off their game, as much as I push the pace through the whole fight.
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I kind of grew up in a commune, but it wasn't a hippie commune necessarily, but it was a big house with a lot of families, we all lived together and it was the 70s, whatever that means.
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How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?
