H. L. Mencken Quotes
Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with it and when to let it alone.
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I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
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I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
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When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.
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There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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I work out, I go to pilates, I walk and I eat everything I can get my hands on.
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The world is shifting from a hegemonic era, where the United States dominated alone, to a multipolar system.
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You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen on the next page, let alone the next chapter. That's what makes it fun for me; I write the books the same way many people read them.
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With the discovery of the Higgs boson, one of the questions has been ticked off the list, but there are many others. We hope that we can find answers or hints for answers to at least some of them. But of course, this is in the hands of nature.
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It took me a lot of years on the 'Burnett' show to feel like I had earned the privilege to play in the sandbox with the grown-ups.
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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.
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Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventative of foreign invasions.
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But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples.
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I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.
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I've always refused to play terrorists.
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Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.
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Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.
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When you live in a small house with five younger siblings, it's actually far more sensible- and much quicker- to cry alone.
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I use various soaps and hand sanitizers in the shower. I shower maybe fifteen times a day, but Thom Yorke is never really clean *laughs*.
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Rich people, God bless us. We deserve all the opportunities to make sure our country and our blessings continue to the next generation.
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Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with it and when to let it alone.
