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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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: November 14, 1947

Topics

People Long Living Understand Things

I've tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.

Writing Story Deep Serious Group

What I don't like is talking points.

Talking Like Points

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

Achievement Victory Game Chess Main

But I cannot bring myself to believe that I was intended for a musician, because it seems so small a business in comparison with other things which, it seems to me, I might do. Question here: 'What is the province of music in the economy of the world?'

Business Music Myself Me World

Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place.

Community Looking Better Year You

Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.

Miguel de Icaza

People Days Word Most Some Use

For a long time, the Indonesian government ignored 'The Act of Killing,' hoping it would go away.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Time Government Long Go Long Time

There was a little less pressure to be fit on 'The Avengers' than 'Captain America.' I had just finished 'Captain America,' so I was already built. Plus, 'Captain America' has that one scene dramatic scene where my transformation is revealed. 'The Avengers' has not one shirtless scene.

Transformation Pressure America Where

When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.

Christina Ricci

Myself Acting Stay Film Producing

All through school, people told me I looked like Marcia Brady.

Christine Taylor

School People Me Through Like Brady

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

Failure Good Always Afraid Out Fail

I once had an Early Girl tomato at my friend Jay's house, and I thought that was the best thing I'd ever had. But then I visited friends in Senegal, and I ate sea urchin pulled fresh out of the sea. It tasted like the ocean.

Friend Girl Sea Best Ocean Thought

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