H. L. Mencken Quotes
No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
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Every man must wear out at least one pair of fools shoes.
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Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
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I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.
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Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.
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One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
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I'm so happy and thankful I made it a point be a stay-at-home mom.
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Cain's an animal, man. Cain's a competitor. I want to spar with Cain because I know if I'm able to hang with him here in the gym, once I get out there in the cage and fight, I mean, I've already gone toe-to-toe with Cain Velasquez, you know?
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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In order to be rated as good as a good man in the field of her earnings, she must show herself better than he. She must be more steady, or more trustworthy, or more skilled, or more cheap in order to have the same chance of employment.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark.
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Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
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When the mind has once formed the habit of holding cheerful, happy, prosperous pictures, it will not be easy to form the opposite habit.
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After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.
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I first drew in New England's air, and from her hardy breastSucked in the tyrant-hating milk that will not let me rest.
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Our Redeemer took upon Himself all the sins, pains, infirmities, and sicknesses of all who have ever lived and will ever live.
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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
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No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
