P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.P. J. O'Rourke
Quotes to Explore
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
Ike Barinholtz -
Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
Felix Baumgartner -
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
Gail Simmons -
I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
Candace Bushnell -
I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.
Adam Ostrow -
We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
Hanya Yanagihara -
Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
Rachel Brosnahan -
Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
Adam Mansbach -
I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
Rachel Keller
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
Jack McDevitt -
I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
M. J. Rose -
For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
Gabriella Wilde -
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.
Rafe Spall -
Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
Tamra Davis -
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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I hung out with the jocks. It doesn't mean I necessarily was one. I was just kind of there.
Chris Evans -
My father was jailed off and on for seven years.
Asma Jahangir -
The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.
Paul Ricoeur -
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
Maya Angelou -
There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.
P. J. O'Rourke