P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.
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Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.
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There are things I take sides about, like capital punishment, which it seems to me there is only one side about: it is evil. But there are two or three sides to sexual harassment, and the moment you get into particular cases, there is injustice in every conceivable direction. It's a mess.
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My mother wrote a couple of romances when I was a kid, and I always saw books in our bookshelf with 'Schroeder' on the spine.
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You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Let us have peace.
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Sometimes we do things that are really awful.
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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I grew up in New York and have lived here all my life. I think it's the best city in the world and can write about it with gusto and fervor and passion.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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I think, apart from Sir Garfield Sobers nobody else has played 20 years in international cricket and 20 years playing at the very highest level and to the very highest standard is an achievement beyond compare.
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I love seeing tattoos on 60-year-olds who have had them for 40 years.
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I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
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The soul is often hungrier than the body and no shop can sell it food.
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We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day.
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I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.
