P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
If you want to join the Republican party, they have to let you in. There's nothing they can do about it. I mean, if Republicans will take Al D'Amato, they'll take anybody.
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If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.
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Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds.
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It should be a law for one whole year that all laugh tracks are Seth Rogen. The world would get ever so slightly better.
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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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As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.
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Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.
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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
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I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
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Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.
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Glory to God in the highest, Ohio has saved the Nation.
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The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
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Howard Phillips of the Constitution Party asked me to consider seriously running for president in 2008 and I am doing so.
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We need to show the fact that when you start thinking about freedom and liberty, personal responsibility, and opportunity to achieve the American Dream, the Republican party is the best party to do that.
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If you want to join the Republican party, they have to let you in. There's nothing they can do about it. I mean, if Republicans will take Al D'Amato, they'll take anybody.
