P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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We just here to do our job.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.
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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
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You have to understand that I'm not just some guy who voices characters in animated movie and TV shows.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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It's crazy how many nude lip crayons I own - I probably need to get rid of some.
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I'm obsessed about lifting the greatest number of Argentines possible out of poverty as quickly as possible.
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When I got into high school, I got really into basketball. I had this itch that I wanted to just move. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew that if basketball became a scholarship or something, it would be a means to that. It turned out I couldn't jump that high.
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A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
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I realized I was a girl playing with all of these great musicians, but race and gender never did cross my mind, really, until other people started talking about them. They weren't really an issue for me.
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Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.
