P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

For some mysterious Darwinian reason, women feel compelled to straighten up bedrooms before and after sex. Try to make love in every other room of the house.

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• Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.

  

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• Before discovering theater, I was sloughing off and didn't have any passion for school. Then I couldn't get enough. All of a sudden, I was getting good parts in all of these plays. I just loved it. I started getting A's in acting, directing and technical theater. I found something that clicked.

  

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• 'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.

  

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• Look, you need technical skills to run a company.

  

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• I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.

  

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• I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

  

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• I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.

  

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• By and large my relations with the US were good.

  

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• Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.

  

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• Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.

  

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• It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.

  

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• I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.

  

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• We need to do things better, but in a way that makes sense.

  

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• I'm not hiding anything. What you see is what you get.

  

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• When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.

  

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• I love washing, hoovering, ironing, you name it. I find it very therapeutic.

  

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• I grew up in Edinburgh, but my dad's from Glasgow, and my mum's from Chingford in Essex, and I spent time in Ireland, too, so I was always somebody who absorbed accents. I would come back from visits, very much to the annoyance of friends and family, with an accent based on where I'd been.

  

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• I wish there was something where you could blink an eye and be somewhere. I'm a very nervous flier. I wish we could get from point A to point B instantly.

  

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• For some mysterious Darwinian reason, women feel compelled to straighten up bedrooms before and after sex. Try to make love in every other room of the house.

  

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