P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Many reporters, when they go to work in the nation’s capital, begin thinking of themselves as participants in the political process instead of glorified stenographers.
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Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
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Our entire film fraternity should be proud of 'Baahubali.' These are the kind of films that are not made very often.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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You have to be talented. You have to work hard; you have to get the right pieces flowin' for you at the right time. And that's just what happened to me. I can't explain what happened.
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Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf.
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Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
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Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.
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Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.
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As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what.
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He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
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My friends always laugh because I'm the kind of person who bought the Brooks Brothers school skirt, even though it's not my school's uniform skirt, but just because I liked it. I'm a knee-high socks kind of person.
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The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people. As human beings, our purpose is to live meaningful lives, to develop a warm heart. There is meaning in being everyone's friend. The real source of peace amongst our families, friends and neighbours is love and compassion.
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What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.
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The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
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Many reporters, when they go to work in the nation’s capital, begin thinking of themselves as participants in the political process instead of glorified stenographers.
