H. L. Mencken Quotes

The only way that a government can provide for jobs for all citizens is by deciding what every man should do.

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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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Of course, eating broccoli raw, nutritionally and aesthetically speaking, is no doubt the best way of all. Raw broccoli makes a delectable salad when sliced into thin strips on a mandolin, marinated in lemon-mustard vinaigrette, then tossed with toasted pecans or hazelnuts, halved cherry tomatoes, and fresh minced basil.
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I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.
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'Cold Case' was fun. It was a fun experience. That was right when I was cutting my teeth as a TV actor. It was a great learning experience to work on really fast-paced television shows that are very high quality. It was a place where I learned that I had to keep up and I could keep up.
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I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.
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You need to know when to surrender the album.
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I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.
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Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.
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Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
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I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.
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I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and I will again.
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No one is ignorant that there are two avenues by which opinions are received into the soul, which are its two principal powers: the understanding and the will.
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Callender and Sally will be remembered as long as Jefferson as Blotts in his Character. The story of the latter, is a natural and almost unavoidable Consequence of that foul contagion in the human Character - Negro Slavery.
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For some the wind can fleshly blow, for some the sunlight fade at ease, but we, made partners in our dread, hear but the grating of the keys, and heavy-booted soldiers' tread. As if for early mass, we rose and each day walked the wilderness, trudging through silent street and square, to congregate, less live than dead.
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The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer.
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Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready.
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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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It's hard not to take it personally when being wait-listed, passed over for a promotion, or losing a client to a competitor. But while feeling aggrieved may be an understandable reaction, it's not productive - it's not a good use of the experience.
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Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing.
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The Japanese, despite the trade deficit and their ability to build fabulous automobiles, still think that a guy in a monster suit is all that is needed for a monster movie.
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I lived in the US for donkeys' years so it has been a journey back in time for me. If you have had personal experience of something, it is always more authentic.
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What I find trying in a country which you do not understand and where you cannot speak, is that you can never be yourself.
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The only way that a government can provide for jobs for all citizens is by deciding what every man should do.