P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.
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I think I'm like a free spirit.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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I love all music. Right now I am loving Josh Grobin and Kelly Clarkson.
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The best part about poker is there's no down side.
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Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism?
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When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.
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Genius: the superhuman in man.
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In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.
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I don't give a whole lot of thought or credence to questions about what comes on next, what goes on next.
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I love shopping, but I can't go out. I love going to restaurants and eating out with friends.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.
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I'd never been around or seen a black showrunner, and in some ways you wish that it wasn't a big deal.
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I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.
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My music can be a little obscure. It does worry me that the music might be too complicated for people to take in - that they have to work too hard at it.
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So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.
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Wanting to be a rock star, I get it. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, dude! The freedom!'
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It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.
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I'm not one of the guys in the league for the fame. I'm here so I can take of my family, my mom, my friends and take care of myself.
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
