P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
A child growing up in an excessively safe environment may never learn that he is one - not until he gets married and has a wife to tell him so.
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It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I don't think about my fame very much.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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Capital isn't scarce; vision is.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
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When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.
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Those scenes on the beach on 'Lost' were so much fun. When it was a whole group scene, you'd just pop in with a line here and a line there, and there was a little activity, and you essentially spend the day with your friends on the beach. What an amazing working environment.
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Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm.
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My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant.
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This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.
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A child growing up in an excessively safe environment may never learn that he is one - not until he gets married and has a wife to tell him so.
