P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion.

P. J. O'Rourke

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I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.

Jimmy Carter

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There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I try not to identify too strongly with any of my characters. I like to stand back and see them objectively. I think this is why I often use boys instead of girls, just in case I get too close and lose the overall picture.

Jenny Nimmo

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The hottest new attraction at Disney World has got to be the new Last Airbender ride.

Andrew Shaffer

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Almost the first thing you see after entering the Houdini exhibition at the Jewish Museum is a large-screen film of Harry Houdini hanging by his ankles upside-down from a tall building, high over a sea of men in fedoras, and thrashing his way out of a straitjacket.

Robert Gottlieb

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I actually love actresses who look like they feel really natural. I like Patricia Clarkson, Laura Linney, Frances McDormand. Those are actresses where the second they show up on screen you're like, oh my gosh, this movie just got so much better.

Anna Kendrick

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People, certainly in the U.K., look down on screenwriting as an art form, but I love the discipline of it. Next to the bagginess of novel writing, it almost feels like a martial art.

Matt Haig

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One of the things I realised as I learned to manage a rehearsal room is that the best idea always has to win, and it doesn't matter where the idea comes from.

John Tiffany

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I was on the campaign trail for 18 months. I never got a question about the District of Columbia in South Carolina.

Trey Gowdy

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I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.

Matt Bomer

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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.

Debbie Reynolds

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