P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
I like to take things that are boring-but-important and try to make them interesting. That was definitely what I was after with Eat The Rich.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
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I think that Indy is special to me. The greater the distance between the last time I drove an Indy car and the next time, I wouldn't like that to be too big.
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The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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I was introduced to cinema by C-grade films that played in my village, Budhana, in UP. Only films by Dada Kondke, Mahendra Sandhu, and Kanti Shah were available.
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I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
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I think it's important for people to know that there's no such thing as a perfect relationship, you know?
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To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again.
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I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
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Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle never ends, but this is natural.
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I like to take things that are boring-but-important and try to make them interesting. That was definitely what I was after with Eat The Rich.
