P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
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I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.
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When Morrissey and I started The Smiths, we thought pop music was the most important thing in the world. It was almost a spiritual thing for us, and because of that, we knew what it meant to be a fan.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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Your role as a founder changes dramatically once your team hits 10, 20, 50, 100, and so on. Sometimes you forget how big you've grown and continue to act as if you're still 10 people.
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When I got to college, I used to run on top of everything else, because when you gain weight in swimming, you have to do something else, like bike or run, to maintain the weight or take the weight off.
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These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.
