P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Hunter S. Thompson brings a lunatic genius to ordinary events, and I bring an ordinary sensibility to lunatic events.
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough.
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I have made 'start, grow and stay' a big part of my administration.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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Time has changed and now is the age of spending.
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The tale of 'Point Break' is about doing what you love and committing to what you love. It's relevant to me as a Venezuelan, to you as an American, to any Chinese person watching the film.
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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
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I've always been a fan of science fiction.
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Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.
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Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
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I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.
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I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.
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And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids.
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After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
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Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans.
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There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.
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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about dogs.
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I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.
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When he breathed, he truly was Australia’s greatest white elder and friend without peer of the original Australians.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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I belong on the stage. I love how the day's events, whatever you read in the newspapers or watch on the TV, are reflected in the performance and how it's received.
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Hunter S. Thompson brings a lunatic genius to ordinary events, and I bring an ordinary sensibility to lunatic events.
