P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.
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To be is to do.
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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
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I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.
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In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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Pummeling an answer out of someone never works. You cannot intimidate someone with aggressive language and think they'll be more forthcoming... that's a caricature of interrogation, part of the TV culture of what it looks like.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture.
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I'd like to sell out worldwide stadium tours. That'd be something. Or to have sixty number ones on Billboard.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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Disney's Tomorrowland is deeply, thoroughly, almost furiously unimaginative.
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
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I play the way it's most effective for the team. They used to say I hit the ball too many times.
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I'm single, which is good because I can concentrate the hell out of my performances. At some point, I'm going to want to find someone to chill out with at the end of the night and talk about things.
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It seemed that if someone was lost in Copenhagen then the citizens regarded it as their duty to offer help.
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A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.
