P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
The idea of a world where all people are alike - in wealth or in anything else - is a fantasy for the stupid.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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Yes, iD is a machine vision and sensor browser for the physical world. That's what we have been working on with Coca-Cola, Verizon, Bank of America and Disney to launch content when an image is recognised.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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Young people can be disruptive and screw up classes. But even if they are being a pain in the arse it's a cry for help - they don't feel like they are being listened to.
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Radio is more powerful the closer we mimic the way we actually speak to each other. That's why Howard Stern is such a great radio talent. People on his show are actually speaking to each other. You might not like what they're saying, but they're real conversations.
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The whole world seemed to be quiet and calm and I wanted to be the world and feel like that.
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Too much has already been said and written about 'women's sphere'. Leave women, then, to find their sphere.
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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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The idea of a world where all people are alike - in wealth or in anything else - is a fantasy for the stupid.
