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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life My Life Gone Well Along Been

It's taken me longer still to realize what a short span there is between those life experiences and the rest of your life. That's a job for the people who lived through it.

Life Job People Me Rest Short

Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

Myself Singing Feel Now Comfortable

I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.

Credit Know Credit Card Need Big

There's no explanation for success. Success just comes out of life.

Life Success Out Just Explanation

I have a great team. A lot of my focus every day is with my television and film career, directing and producing, and I guess you can say that my moonlighting gig is Tropfest. Obviously, when I am not working I am in the Tropfest office full-time.

Great Focus Day I Am Team You

I rap and I sing, so then you've got a bit of hip-hop in there. I'm Jamaican, so you got a bit of dancehall. And I'm from London, so there's a bit of London things in there... And at sometimes, it's a little bit Afrobeat.

You Sometimes Hip-Hop London Rap

There's definitely some parallels between me and Joaquin Phoenix, I think. The line gets so blurry. My rap career wasn't a hoax, but it was absolutely intended to be a joke. The problem was that I really was on a quest to somehow be a Caucasian Ol' Dirty Bastard.

Me Think Problem Career Dirty Line

I didn't want to just rally at the baseline, even though that happened a lot.

Want Rally Just Even Happened Lot

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general.

Father Great People Play Line Just

I don't think I'm allowed to talk about that. It is definitely not me. The role has been cast.

Mary Todd Lincoln

Me Think Talk Role Been Cast

I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Path Design Final Different Dozen

You either have fans who stick with you, or they don't. It comes down to making music that people connect with and great fans.

Martina McBride

Music Great People You Down Fans

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