P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him.

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• Poaching white fish in moderately hot oil guarantees soft-textured flesh and allows you to prepare a sauce calmly, without the usual panic about overcooking the fish.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • You
  • Oil
  • Fish

• I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.

  

  Rainey Qualley
  • Mom
  • Childhood
  • Acting

• I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Open
  • Engagement
  • Dialogue

• In the whole course of our work at the theatre we have been, I may say, drenched with advice by friendly people who for years gave us the reasons why we did not succeed... All their advice, or at least some of it, might have been good if we had wanted to make money, to make a common place of amusement.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• I'm very obsessed with 'The Real Housewives' franchise. It's a bad obsession.

  

  Vanessa Marano
  • Real
  • Bad
  • Obsession

• I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Real
  • Think
  • Care

• To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • You
  • Difference
  • Driven

• I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.

  

  Imogen Poots
  • Love
  • Being
  • Admit

• Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It is evident that the Constitutional Convention thought that it was important that this process should be placed under the exclusive control of the Federal Government and not of the States.

  

  Samuel Freeman Miller
  • Important
  • Control
  • Government

• I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.

  

  Maggie Siff
  • Up
  • New
  • New York

• A dream acting role would be Matt Damon in the Bourne series. I would love to do something like that!

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Love
  • Dream
  • Acting

• An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.

  

  Irving Babbitt
  • World
  • American
  • Reading

• I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Career
  • Lucky
  • Critics

• We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • History
  • Past
  • Passive

• I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Care
  • Busy
  • Consistent

• I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland.

  

  Mahmoud Abbas
  • People
  • Time
  • Live

• I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • People
  • Confidence
  • Miss

• The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Work
  • Job
  • Challenge

• I love watching a good, freaky horror movie. I love it. It's one of my favorite things to do, to go and see at the cinema. Just to tune out and be freaked out.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Good
  • Love
  • Movie

• You need to understand the batsman, where he plays his shot usually, which is his release shot, and then change the angle, vary the pace, line and length. You cannot always react after being at the receiving end.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Change
  • End
  • Understand

• Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

  

  Morgan Freeman
  • Never
  • Pride
  • Principle

• It's important to know how to lead and manage a classroom with flexibility. Students of all ages are quite capable of learning these routines and contributing to their success once the teacher is comfortable guiding students in that direction.

  

  Carol Ann Tomlinson
  • Important
  • Age
  • Teacher

• When I'm done with something, I'm done. I don't go back and listen to and pine for my old albums, or the Lollapalooza days, or 'Psalm 69' selling millions of records. Maybe I'm really just getting old and mellow.

  

  Al Jourgensen 1000 Homo DJs
  • Done
  • Listen
  • Albums

• I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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  • Him
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