H. L. Mencken Quotes

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.

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If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
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I have played Blair Cramer for 20 years, I feel a personal investment in the success of 'One Life to Live.' I love the show, I'm a fan of the characters, and I have invested in the journey these fictional characters have traveled.
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I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
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I always say I don't want to change anything in my life.
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Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!
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Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other's experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination.
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Sometimes, early in their careers, chefs make the mistake of adding one too many things to a plate to get attention. If a chef is just coming up with wiz-bang gimmicks on their plate, that has nothing to do with bringing real pleasure to people.
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On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize: I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without considering it for the Booker Prize.
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The sexiest thing about style is if you kind of just take your personality and put it in what you wear. That's what I think is cool.
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I unabashedly, unashamedly, unequivocally support the explosion of entrepreneurs in the capitalist system.
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Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism is the idea that the individual is sacrosanct and that anything that's done contrary to the well-being of the individual needs some pretty serious justification.
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Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.