H. L. Mencken Quotes
Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.H. L. Mencken
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
Saina Nehwal -
The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
Naomi Watts -
There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
Nathaniel Rich -
It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
Madeleine L'Engle -
Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
Edmond de Goncourt
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I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.
Iain Sinclair -
The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
Oscar Isaac -
Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
Daniel Barenboim -
If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
Xavier Becerra -
The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
Samuel Alexander
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We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.
Earl Blumenauer -
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Orson Welles -
I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.
Aaron Paul -
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
Ian Mckellen -
Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.
Fidel Castro -
When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.
Galen Rowell
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Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.
Lamar Odom -
An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket.
Anton Chekhov -
A politics of vengeance is not politics. Revenge is a recklessness towards the future in a vain attempt to make the present abolish a suffering which is already past.
Bernard Crick -
Fans who drive insane amount of hours to come to a show still amazes me. I mean, it can get up to 10 hours! That's loyalty.
Taylor Dye -
A lot of the Beatles albums were very various, and we did it on purpose: We didn't want the next track to sound like the last one.
Paul McCartney The Beatles -
Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
H. L. Mencken