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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I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious.
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We don't have a particular plan. We just do what we do. This is the only way we know how to do it. We make the music that moves us. We use it as therapy. The songs are cathartic. They're ways of dealing with life experiences and the world around you. It's meant to be as a release for us as it is for other people.
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Maybe that's the whole teen oeuvre, you know covering people in disgusting bodily fluids and whatnot.
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Home is the wellspring of personhood, where our identity takes root; where civic life begins. America is supposed to be a place where you can better yourself, your family, and your community.
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I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last.
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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.
