P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite.
P. J. O'Rourke
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
Walter Bagehot
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
Damian Lewis
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
Lady Gaga
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
Kailash Satyarthi
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
Salman Rushdie
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I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
Rain
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I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're thinking about the work or the next day's scenes, but not staying in character. But as a film goes on, you become more and more fragile, emotionally. And physically too, actually.
Natasha Richardson
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What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
Fareed Zakaria
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
Ed Stoppard
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
Olivia Culpo
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I wasn't a great debater.
Jack Kemp
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
Jackie Robinson
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In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the crayons in the box. I remember thinking, 'Why is everyone finding this so easy? Why should the crayons be in the box?'
Binyavanga Wainaina
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I like to race, not to do laps alone.
Fernando Alonso
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Like you, an alien in a land unknown,I learn to pity woes so like my own.
John Dryden
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We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite.
P. J. O'Rourke
