H. L. Mencken Quotes
As if paralyzed by the national fear of ideas, the democratic distrust of whatever strikes beneath the prevailing platitudes, it evades all resolute and honest dealing with what, after all, must be every healthy literature's elementary materials.H. L. Mencken
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
Ovid -
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
Salman Rushdie -
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Abraham Joshua Heschel -
If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.
Rakul Preet Singh -
As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
Barry McGee -
The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
Salmon P. Chase
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
Maisie Williams -
I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
Usain Bolt -
I got a big mouth.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
Walter Kirn -
Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
Randy Falco -
My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
Safra A. Catz
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
A. R. Rahman -
People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
Tad Williams -
I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages.
Quincy Jones -
I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.
Fat Joe -
Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
Flula Borg -
One pound invested for five years gives the same result as five pounds invested for one year, the product being five pound years.
William Stanley Jevons
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Être un homme utile m'a paru toujours quelque chose de bien hideux.
Charles Baudelaire -
I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
Hari Kondabolu -
As if paralyzed by the national fear of ideas, the democratic distrust of whatever strikes beneath the prevailing platitudes, it evades all resolute and honest dealing with what, after all, must be every healthy literature's elementary materials.
H. L. Mencken