P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
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I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things doesn't mean you are a bunch of things. I can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer.
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I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.
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I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.
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Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.
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The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.
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Stage is about imperfections and working with them, whether it be from you or the audience.
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Some people don't understand that I - as an artist and a person - I want to make my own decisions and create the music that I personally like.
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I know this is maybe naive, but one day I hope there will be peace in the world. Maybe one day the flowers will come back.
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The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.
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The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.
