P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.
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If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states.
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I like how I feel when I am in shape. I don't go to a gym; I run.
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Halloween is one day of breaking out of your shell, one day you can be completely expressive, where the world gives you license to dress up.
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Across the world, new roles are embraced … new alliances forged. After far too long a time, the gods have chosen to work with mankind towards a common good. Only one works alone.
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I'll always keep you guessing. I'm living up to the name. It's powerful. That's just what I do.
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I spent a lot of time behind the Iron Curtain, and their cars were abysmal.
