P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
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The working environment in L.A. is really refreshing, really good. Because in Malaysia, it's a small country - you end up working with the same people that you like and that you know.
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Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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Stars arrive on their own timetable.
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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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I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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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 younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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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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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
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My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.
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It's really fun to play someone with no filter but who is also really good at what she does.
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Bill Clinton told me that when he was 14, he shook John Kennedy's hand, and that inspired him to be president.
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Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances.
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The wise healer endures the pain. Cry. Tears bring joy.
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Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us.
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I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand.
