P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a hell of a lot.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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I like being unconventional.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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We watch our sons go to war, disagree with the rationale for sending them, loathe the men who ordered them to battle, and then, when the veterans come home, beg and plead with the local V.A. to ensure they have access to proper care.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.
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If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
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I pity Americans for their very bad fruits. Your 'mango' is cucumber. The only thing I really miss about Egypt is mangoes.
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
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Everything's very perfectly balanced; for all the horrible things in the world there's lots of good things.
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The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.
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With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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Yashpal, writing in the nineteen-fifties, sought to indict this culture of men, Hindus and Muslims alike, who value their freedom and power over the rights and lives of women.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
