P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.
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Death doesn't exist. It never did, it never will. But we've drawn so many pictures of it, so many years, trying to pin it down, comprehend it, we've got to thinking of it as an entity, strangely alive and greedy. All it is, however, is a stopped watch, a loss, an end, a darkness. Nothing.
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Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.
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If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
