P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
Laura Osnes -
My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
Eddie Marsan -
I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
Gaspard Ulliel -
My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
J. C. Watts -
Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
Zadie Smith -
In this case, the particle formed has correspondingly less energy, whereas the product nucleus passes into the ground state with emission of the quantity of energy saved as gamma radiation.
Walther Bothe
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If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.
Dan Brown -
I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's not really hard. It's kind of boring, really. It looks good at the end, but to shoot it, it's not the most exciting thing.
Vincent Cassel -
Oh yah, I'm definitely an old rocker.
Rachel Weisz -
Man is not a machine that can be remodelled for quite other purposes as occasion demands, in the hope that it will go on functioning as regularly as before but in a quite different way. He carries his whole history with him; in his very structure is written the history of mankind.
Carl Jung -
In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
Ian Mckellen -
I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it's rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance.
Kate Williams
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I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.
Mahershala Ali -
I got into hula hooping at age six - I hula hooped all day, every day. That was something I was comfortable with, but I never tried walking or singing while hula hooping! It's actually pretty difficult and tiring. But I like challenging myself. It's hard, but it's really fun.
Patina Miller -
A lot of the Republicans wanted exactly what Barack Obama wanted, exactly what Nancy Pelosi wanted, exactly what Harry Reid wanted, which is to raise the debt ceiling, but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn't do it.
Ted Cruz -
What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
Dan Quayle -
We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.
Vera Farmiga -
Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold
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For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures.
Mary Augusta Ward -
I've lived in Washington since 1981 and have been a faithful reader of 'The Washington Post' ever since.
Christopher Buckley -
We're going to see how he does here in the next couple of days and how it reacts to treatment. It's that same type of pain that he's had. It's going to flare up. It's done that throughout his career and it's going to continue to do that. We just have to monitor it and see how he does.
Andy Reid -
The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror.
Jane Velez-Mitchell -
Sometimes my life just don't make sense at all. The mountains looks so big and my faith just seems so small.
Rich Mullins -
There's only one secret to bachelor cooking - not caring how it tastes.
P. J. O'Rourke