P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
It is important to remember when reading Adam Smith or even when just thinking about Smith that the era that he lived in, we're not talking about poverty in a day when it meant not enough bedrooms for the kids, an old car, a black and white television. We're talking about a whole world where poverty meant not enough to eat.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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There are things I take sides about, like capital punishment, which it seems to me there is only one side about: it is evil. But there are two or three sides to sexual harassment, and the moment you get into particular cases, there is injustice in every conceivable direction. It's a mess.
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The brain abhors discrepancies.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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My own personal aesthetic is all to do with real actors and real locations and a kind of almost hyper reality and actuality to things. But the digital world, I explore that through other mediums, with music videos and commercials. Even 'The Road' was a real learning curve for me with digital effects.
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It is important to remember when reading Adam Smith or even when just thinking about Smith that the era that he lived in, we're not talking about poverty in a day when it meant not enough bedrooms for the kids, an old car, a black and white television. We're talking about a whole world where poverty meant not enough to eat.
