H. L. Mencken Quotes
My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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But I think we need the international market.
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Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play.
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'MMMBop' took about a year to actually get completed. The chorus idea had really been around for a long time, and then we built the song around it.
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I suppose the key for me is about opening up experiences and untold stories to audiences.
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If I meant that I missed Bochy and Hunter, it's the guys I'd been joking around with most. Hunter is like my brother, and Bochy is like my dad. But at the end of the day, I missed all the guys.
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I've never been a shirt-off, pants-off kind of comedy guy.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.
