P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
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Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.
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To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.
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There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.
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There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I'm very physical. I love to work out; I'm very athletic. It's a great therapy, not only for my body, but for my mind.
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I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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I spent two years living in London - I'd have stayed for ever if I could have got a work visa. It was there I started collecting vinyl and fell in love with the sounds of the 1970s.
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Constitutional democracy has created astonishing and apparently irreversible social progress. All we're interested in is talking about when government doesn't work.
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It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
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It was really important for me to create fun and trendy pieces for the plus-size market.
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
