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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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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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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Two of my boys are Manchester United fans; one is an Arsenal fan. Whenever there is a game I can take the boys to, I love taking them.
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The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is never used to explain table manners or road safety or gardening, only sex. Anyway, it was bad Darwinism. Taking the example of a monkey and applying it to yourself misses the point that animal behaviour is made for the benefit of the species, not as an excuse for the individual. Being incapable of sustaining a stable pair and supporting children is really not in the interests of our species. Neither is it really in the best interests of the philanderer.
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When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art.
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Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.
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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.
