H. L. Mencken Quotes
Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons.
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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.
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Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.
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I went out with this boy on the proviso that he didn't tell anybody we were together. The idiot didn't keep his mouth shut. I dumped him. I never went out with a boy from school again.
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I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.
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Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be obtained in exchange for a given quantity of the other.
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We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins.
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One out of three jobs in Washington is tied to trade.
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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I'm a one-man idiot.
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For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.
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There is a lot of Indian connect in 'Million Dollar Arm'. It is about two Indian boys, and we even shot quite a bit of the movie in India.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.
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There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
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We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
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I can have three touchdowns and 200 yards, but if we lose the game, what's it all for?
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I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
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Love is a delicate plant that needs constant tending and nurturing, and this cannot be done by snorting at the adored object like a gas explosion and calling her friends lice.
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I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character.
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Confidence is the purity of action produced by a mind free of doubt.
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Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons.
