H. L. Mencken Quotes
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.H. L. Mencken
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We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister -
I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
E. P. Thompson -
You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
Parker Posey -
The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
Tanith Lee -
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
Damon Runyon -
I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
Bear Bryant
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
LaToya London -
There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.
Dan Levitan -
No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
Walter Salles -
Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.
Raghuram Rajan -
But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
Edmund Phelps
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
Sam Rayburn -
If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
Ice T -
Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
Garth Brooks -
All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
Ted Williams -
War is the continuation of politics by other means.
Carl von Clausewitz -
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
Saint Augustine
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It was challenging. It was never easy for me. My life changed suddenly, and I lost my health. I lost the body that I knew.
Amy Purdy -
I say that Pakistanis should not consider girls as weaklings.
Samina Baig -
Here.It will blind you with tearslike a lover.It will make your reflectiona wobbling photo of grief.
Carol Ann Duffy -
We need to stop Sharon. His lethal policies are drawing blood on both sides. That's why we need a serious intervention -- international troops. And we need to end the occupation if there is to be security for both people.
Hanan Ashrawi -
That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.
George Boole -
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
H. L. Mencken