H. L. Mencken Quotes
Bridges would not be safer if only people who knew the proper definition of a real number were allowed to design them.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.' And actually I think that's very common, it's what a lot of people feel - that you have an obligation to life to be happy if you can.
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, it's where they begin as children that is important to them.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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The climate-studies people who work with models always tend to overestimate their models. They come to believe models are real and forget they are only models.
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People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.
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I was always the youngest person in class, skinny, scrawny, no good at sports. I asserted myself by being smart. But then I got to college and started to get C's and D's. That was fantastic. I no longer had to be the smartest person in the room.
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I like to watch many things, especially strange films and something recent, not just the story.
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Bridges would not be safer if only people who knew the proper definition of a real number were allowed to design them.
