P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.
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We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
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Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow my life was ahead of me, and that someday I would arrive at it.
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I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.
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We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.
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I like to always have humour in whatever I do.
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So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.
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I'm the guy who plays human beings. I understand why the characters are doing what they're doing. When you play a villain, you don't play a villain: you play a human being doing what he thinks he needs to do to get what he wants.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
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Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
