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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Interesting Bad Write Always Things

There's a reason publishers don't build on top of social platforms: publishers are an independent lot, and they naturally understand the value of owning your own domain. Publishers don't want to be beholden to the shifting sands of inscrutable platform policies.

Value Want Build Understand Top Own

I like making movies and would like to make it my career when I'm finished playing football.

Football Career Movies Playing Would

Most of the movies nominated for Oscars put me to sleep.

Sleep Me Movies Most Oscars Put

The gospel is entirely a message about what someone else has done not only for me but also for the renewal of the whole creation.

Me Someone Done Creation Renewal

I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important.

Myself Focus Think Trying Important

My parents were rather unconventional and did not accept rules unless they thought they were defendable. They were atheists when Sweden was a very Christian country.

Stellan Skarsgard

Parents Thought Christian Rules Did

The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality.

Toni Cade Bambara

Failure Friends Dream Realize Real

My books come to me in images, and sometimes the image is at the beginning of the book, and sometimes it's simply a flash somewhere in the middle.

Beginning Me Book Sometimes Image

We are living in one of those rare moments in history when things may come apart and be put back together again in ways that will determine the future for decades or more, despite the endless innovations of technology.

Future Technology History Together

The distributor used to get 10, 12, 14 percent in most cases, but the App Store or Steam - they're taking 30 points. So clearly, they're viewing what they bring to the table in the digital environment to be more valuable than distribution.

Environment Table More Digital Bring

Stop trying to change reality by attempting to eliminate complexity.

Change Reality Trying Stop Eliminate

I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don't understand what is going on.

Government People Acting Understand

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