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.

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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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For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That's all I did. I had no other social life. I don't want my life to be like that now. I've spent the past 10 years having a real life as well. But Spandau Ballet is such a difficult shadow to outrun.
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I love retweeting things and seeing how many fans are on other people's pages.
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Actually, my correspondent's language is better than mine. He can put his sentiment into words.
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If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.
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I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the foreseeable future; however, they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few.
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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.