P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I'm very heterosexual, so dating women is something I'm not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room.
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Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
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I cannot abide being bored.
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'You drink only sparingly. Is the beer too thin?''No at all. I merely wish to keep my wits about me. It would not do if both of us became addled, and later woke up in doubt as to who was who.'
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And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.
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You get out of college, you have to have a car, a place to live, food to eat and furniture, and it's too overwhelming to do it yourself. You don't want to live at home, so you get a roommate.
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The more we give, the more we receive. It's important to give back, because the seeds you plant today, you will harvest tomorrow.
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It is amusing to hear the modern Christian telling you how mild and rationalistic Christianity really is and ignoring the fact that all its mildness and rationalism is due to the teaching of men who in their own day were persecuted by all orthodox Christians.
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A 'farm' today means 100,000 chickens in a space the size of a Motel 6 shower stall.
