P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his femininity. Women have stronger sensibilities than men, which allows them to go a bit deeper when they are on and off the stage.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.
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Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.
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Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
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I didn't want to do something typical.
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We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion.
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Why should anyone be interested in my life? It's the prurience I find so extraordinary. Why, why, oh why should my private life be of any interest to the public? The only people who should be interested are my friends.
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Numerous academic studies have shown that amateur investors make poor traders - buying stocks for the wrong reasons, holding losers for too long, and acting on whims and emotions.
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If you don't care for the villain, if you don't love him and hate him at the same time, then he's just boring.
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Look at Snowden or Julian Assange. In their own way, they are free without restrictions. They are dropped in a place because of political reasons.
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America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
