P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living.
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There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
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Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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I do two cups of coffee with a little bit of raw sugar and soy creamer, and then I do a bowl of plain oatmeal with walnuts and blueberries. Now, if I could do what I really wanted to do with my life, every morning I would have a salami-and-cheese omelet with hash browns and a buttermilk biscuit - and pancakes. But my heart would explode.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by 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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I find short, fast romances romantic. There's a beauty to dark imagery.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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I used to see Estee Lauder's ads everywhere in the subways of Beijing, and I thought how wonderful it would be if the model on them was myself!
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I looked on IMDB, at the message boards there, and someone had posted something about a sheep having more talent than me.
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Yes, people do come across the street to say hi, but as they approach and get near, my perception of space begins to dissolve, and a new interest takes over that is primarily emotional, and with it comes a desire to touch, which may be a human interest, but not the interest of my work.
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The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living.
