H. L. Mencken Quotes
The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth - that error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it has been cured of one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.H. L. Mencken
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
Foster Friess -
Tom Brokaw was never young.
Adam McKay -
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
Baltasar Gracian -
Social revolutions are never simple.
Yair Lapid -
The only people who never fail are those who never try.
Ilka Chase -
If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
Samuel Beckett
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
Adam Peaty -
I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
Ramon Rodriguez -
I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.
Madeleine Stowe -
Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
Bai Ling -
America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
Ferdinand Mount -
National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
Pankaj Mishra
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
Owen D. Young -
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
Gavin Bryars -
Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud.
Oliver Tambo -
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan -
Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
Walter Savage Landor -
The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
Gail Collins
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People don't usually compliment your character.
Taylor Swift -
Ripping on Republicans is not that fun for us only because everyone else does it.
Matt Stone -
I think there's a backlash against minorities in this country and that part of what caused that was the fact that a black man became president. And a certain portion of the privileged population think their privilege is at stake, and they want it back.
Maysoon Zayid -
The virtual world can never be a substitute for real world experience. And the more it takes over our lives, the more we forget to feel the sun on our skin, the more we forget that there is an entire universe to be discovered even during a 10 minute walk to work.
Keri Smith -
I don't care for the applause one gets by saying what others are thinking; I want actually to change people's thoughts. Power over people's minds is the main personal desire of my life; and this sort of power is not acquired by saying popular things.
Bertrand Russell -
The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth - that error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it has been cured of one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.
H. L. Mencken