P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.

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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Women just love to shop.
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It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.
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To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would have thought of putting together.
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A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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If I could today become king or emperor, I would not give up my office as preacher.
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A lot of wonderful people love their country and hate the military.
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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.