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 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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TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
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With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.
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I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words.
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So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see.
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Competitive skills are desperately needed by poor children in America, and realistic recognition of the economic roles that they may someday have an opportunity to fill is obviously important, too. But there is more to life, and there ought to be much more to childhood, than readiness for economic functions.
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In a world of global competition and new technology, I think competition is coming from new places.
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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.
