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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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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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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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 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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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know what he's talking about.
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We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.
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But even more: all at once the Jew also becomes liberal and begins to rave about the necessary progress of mankind.
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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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In London, it's quite a rarefied activity to be on an analyst's couch.
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The Russian economy is a one-trick pony. They're totally focused on natural gas and oil.
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I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
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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.
