P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently.
Vik Muniz -
You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
Wayne Swan -
I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
Natalie du Toit -
It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
Om Puri -
I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
Sam Neill -
My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.
Laila Ali
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Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.
Gary Bauer -
I can't take the theater side out of myself.
Laura Bell Bundy -
We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
Rand Paul -
I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
Vicki Lawrence -
A lot of times, we look at jazz in eras. How can we not keep those eras separate and think of the language as one complete continuum? It's all interrelated, and it's all evolutionary.
Aaron Diehl -
Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
Samantha Power
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Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.
Vanessa Paradis -
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
Bayard Rustin -
That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
Vanessa Hudgens -
The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Oliver Tambo -
The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of.
Sam Simon -
I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.
Malcolm McDowell
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Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.
Cesar Romero -
She had a big ole booty, I was doing my duty.
LL Cool J -
Me and my shadow Strolling down the avenue Oh, me and my shadow Not a soul to tell our troubles to And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs We never knock 'cause nobody's there Just me and my shadow All alone and feeling blue
Billy Rose -
Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.
Martin Luther -
I had a little studio and I was there, making hip-hop. I knew Florence and she was next door in these studios where her boyfriend at the time was getting his guitar fixed. I said to her: “do you want to make a song today?” and she said “why not?” so we started working together.
Isabella Summers Florence and the Machine -
Only one way to cover a story like this, and make that a double, bartender, please.
P. J. O'Rourke