P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.
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Just to be fighting for the belt, I was already happy. No pressure at all.
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Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.
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People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.
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I tend to wear all black. I like feeling sexy, feminine, effortless, and real.
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Of all the labels and tags and epithets people have forced upon me, there's one I don't dislike. I get called the 'enfant terrible.' In every article, it's always there. So I have to give that a meaning.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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Something about 'Battlestar' that I didn't realize when I took the job was this whole bubble aspect of closing people in and seeing what they do.
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My father told me once not to expect anything from anybody so I wouldn't be disappointed. If somebody was nice and did nice things for me, I should be overjoyed, but I shouldn't go through life expecting it, which is very good advice.
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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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Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.
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It's pretty hard to play 'Romeo and Juliet' with someone and not fall in love.
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I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, "Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
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Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
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The mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.
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I'm really tired of virtue.
