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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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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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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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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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.
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It's definitely complicated, but it's all about the music. When people focus on other things, I think that's when it gets lost, and I would just rather focus on the music of it all.
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Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film.
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My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right away that I was an actor, even from 4 years old. I've never waited a table. I taught some - I'll teach classes in improv or Shakespeare, but there's some motor in me that needs to do that.
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I will happily work anywhere they need me to if they pay me well.
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The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.
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These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.
