P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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You can't say yes to every role, and you have to make people miss you. I don't want people to get sick of me.
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In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.
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Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance.
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When I was younger, I liked money - the feel of it. I would sit with my dad and count his coins and be like, 'Yeah.' I'd saved £700 by the age of 10. I thought: 'What the hell am I hoarding this for?' So I bought a drum kit.
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I'm a real romantic.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing.
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As an actor, I think the experience and the portrayal of the character is exactly the same. It doesn't make any difference what camera is capturing it. You have to do it with the same passion.
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Natural events have completely destroyed this planet on numerous occasions in the past, and just like them we are a natural event destroying this planet.
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I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.
