P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
America gives every appearance of being a nation besotted with trashiness - divorce, illegitimacy, casual Fridays.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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No one person is an island.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.
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My grief and my smile begin in your face, my son.
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To speak only of food inspections: the United States currently imports 80% of its seafood, 32% of its fruits and nuts, 13% of its vegetables, and 10% of its meats. In 2007, these foods arrived in 25,000 shipments a day from about 100 countries. The FDA was able to inspect about 1% of these shipments, down from 8% in 1992. In contrast, the USDA is able to inspect 16% of the foods under its purview. By one assessment, the FDA has become so short-staffed that it would take the agency 1,900 years to inspect every foreign plant that exports food to the United States.
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I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too.
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Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it.
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America gives every appearance of being a nation besotted with trashiness - divorce, illegitimacy, casual Fridays.
