H. L. Mencken Quotes
Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
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I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
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I would love to work with Raju Hirani. I never thought I would have a wish-list of directors as such, but after seeing the consistency of his storylines and the human touch he gets in his film, I would love to work with him.
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There is something fascinating about every human being. The question is how much they're willing to divulge.
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
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I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
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Anybody who dedicates himself to exploring the human condition, there's always a detached eye that's watching. In any situation, a little part of me is observing it, to see if there are any raw materials to create something else later.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
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We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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To be a man, to have been born without knowing it or wanting it, to be thrown into the ocean of existence, to be obliged to swim, to exist; to have an identity; to resist the pressure and shocks from the outside and the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts - one's own and those of others - which so often exceed one's capacities? And what is more, to endure one's own thoughts about all this: in a word, to be human.
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Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.
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I wouldn't want a manicure. I'm a man's man!
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I was having a lot of people ask me to update 'The Shock Doctrine' and add a chapter about Trump.
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It is just as important to make knowledge live and keep it alive as to solve specific problems.
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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
