H. L. Mencken Quotes
Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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Every man must wear out at least one pair of fools shoes.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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I'm more of a 5 Live man. But I might listen to a bit of Coldplay or The Smiths.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
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A woman's body is her body and what she wears or does not wear is her choice. Get over it and move on.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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It's an ongoing joke that a black man is always the first one to get killed in movies.
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Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
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My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.
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When we started looking at the bigger television ecosystem, you see that there's not that many serialized TV shows being made for TV. The economics are lousy: They don't sell into syndication well; they're expensive to produce.
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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
