H. L. Mencken Quotes

The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.

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After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.'
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I like to work all the time and really immerse myself in the project.
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I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.
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I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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Attachment parenting demands not just certain actions you take with your baby but also certain emotional states to accompany those actions.
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Quite understandably, people think that if there's a six-year gap or whatever, that it's taken me six years to make the album. It's not really like that at all.
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It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
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I actually find it a lot easier to interview people I don't agree with because I'm far more curious about how they've arrived at that place.
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Presumptuously, I speak for all Who fans when I say being a fan of the Who has incalculably enriched my life. What disturbs me about the Who is the way they smashed through every door of rock & roll, leaving rubble and not much else for the rest of us to lay claim to.
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I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
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I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous.
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Basically, the way I do it is I get to work with a bunch of people; get a bunch of great people together, and you'll be able to get something cool on the other side.
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I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage - they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.
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I don't give myself titles. I don't think of that.
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If I see something dirty or untidy, I have to clean it up.
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The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
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As a youngster, my parents made me aware that all that was from the African Diaspora belonged to me. So I came in with Caribbean music, African music, Latin music, gospel music and blues.
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Death does not exist.
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I want to try to keep my life the same.
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The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.